A Sister to Evangeline [Illustration] A Sister to Evangeline _Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile with the villagers of Grand Pré_ By Charles G. D. Roberts Author of _The Forge in the Forest_, _A History of Canada_, _Earth’s Enigmas_, _New York Nocturnes_, &c. [Illustration] Lamson, Wolffe and Company Boston, New York, London MDCCCXCVIII ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1898 By Lamson, Wolffe and Company _All rights reserved_ PRESS OF Rockwell and Churchill BOSTON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _To_ MY MOTHER EMMA WETMORE BLISS ROBERTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents Chapter Page I. Paul Grande’s Home-coming to Grand Pré 1 II. Grûl’s Warning 11 III. Charms and Counter-charms 15 IV. “Habet!” 23 V. The Black Abbé Defers 31 VI. A New England Englishman 36 VII. Guard! 43 VIII. The Moon in the Apple-bough 50 IX. In Sleep a King; but Waking, no such Matter 58 X. A Grand Pré Morning 66 XI. Father Fafard 77 XII. Le Fûret at the Ferry 87 XIII. Unwilling to be Wise 94 XIV. Love Me, Love My Dog 100 XV. Ashes as it were Bread 105 XVI. The Way of a Maid 112 XVII. Memory is a Child 117 XVIII. For a Little Summer’s Sleep 125 XIX. The Borderland of Life 135 XX. But Mad Nor-nor-west 142 XXI. Beauséjour, and After 149 XXII. Grûl’s Case 156