Produced by Heather Clark, Sharon Joiner, Carol Ann Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Amy in Acadia [Illustration: "From a drawer behind the counter she drew a small fan." FRONTISPIECE. _See_ p. 25.] Amy in Acadia _A Story for Girls_ By Helen Leah Reed Author of "The Brenda Books" "Miss Theodora" "Irma and Nap" With Illustrations by Katharine Pyle Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1905 _Copyright, 1905_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ Published October, 1905 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U. S. A. TO CONSTANCE MY NIECE WHO JOURNEYED WITH ME THROUGH ACADIA Contents CHAPTER PAGE I BANISHED 1 II LOST AND FOUND 14 III TOWARD METEGHAN 29 IV YVONNE 43 V NEW PEOPLE 57 VI PIERRE AND POINT À L'ÉGLISE 71 VII DIGBY DAYS 89 VIII TWO ADVENTURES 105 IX OLD PORT ROYAL 119 X EXPLORATIONS 134 XI A TEA PARTY 147 XII IN THE FOG 163 XIII LETTERS AND SOME COMMENTS 178 XIV AN EXCURSION 191 XV WITH PREJUDICE 204 XVI EVANGELINE'S COUNTRY 219 XVII SAFE AGAIN 236 XVIII THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG OF IT 249 XIX A DISCOVERY 263 XX FIRE AND FLAME 279 XXI OLD CHEBUCTO 299 XXII FINDING COUSINS 315 XXIII GOOD-BYE TO HALIFAX 329 List of Illustrations "From a drawer behind the counter she drew a small fan" _Frontispiece_ "'Madame Bourque,' she cried, 'I asked him to come to see me'" _Page_ 71 "'Hello! hello!' she shouted" " 170 "'Why, what is the matter, child?' she asked affectionately" " 246 "After one ineffectual effort to pry open the lock, the other one had thrown down the scissors" " 282 "Behind Lucian stalked Malachai, flourishing his cane after the fashion of a drum-major" " 320 _Amy in Acadia_ CHAPTER I BANISHED "No, Fritz, I cannot--" "You _will_ not." "Well, then I _will_ not ask mother to invite you to go on with us." Amy spoke decidedly, but Fritz was not ready to give up.