Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT AND OTHER STORIES [Illustration] BY ANNIE ELIOT TRUMBULL A Christmas Accident STORIES BY ANNIE ELIOT TRUMBULL [Illustration: Leaf] A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT AND OTHER STORIES. 16mo. Cloth $1.00 ROD'S SALVATION AND OTHER STORIES. 16mo. Cloth 1.00 A CAPE COD WEEK. 16mo. Cloth 1.00 MISTRESS CONTENT CRADOCK. Cloth. 16mo. 1.00 [Illustration: Leaf] A. S. BARNES & CO., PUBLISHERS, _New York_. A Christmas Accident _And Other Stories_ By Annie Eliot Trumbull Author of "White Birches," "A Masque of Culture," etc. [Illustration: Emblem] New York A. S. Barnes and Company 1900 _Copyright, 1897_, BY A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY. =University Press:= JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. OF the stories included in this volume, the first originally appeared in the _Hartford Courant_; "After--the Deluge," in the _Atlantic Monthly_; "Mary A. Twining," in the _Home Maker_; "A Postlude" and "Her Neighbor's Landmark," in the _Outlook_; "The 'Daily Morning Chronicle,'" in _The New England Magazine_; and "Hearts Unfortified," in _McClure's Magazine_. To the courtesy of the editors of these periodicals I am indebted for permission to reprint them. A. E. T. Contents Page A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT 1 AFTER--THE DELUGE 32 MEMOIR OF MARY TWINING 67 A POSTLUDE 99 THE "DAILY MORNING CHRONICLE" 139 HEARTS UNFORTIFIED 177 HER NEIGHBOR'S LANDMARK 210 A Christmas Accident [Illustration: Leaf]