Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project and The Internet Archive.) [Illustration: "I PUT MY ARMS AROUND HER." _See Page 470._] ANNE A Novel BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON _ILLUSTRATED BY C. S. REINHART_ NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. _All rights reserved._ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "I PUT MY ARMS ROUND HER" _Frontispiece._ "THE GIRL PAUSED AND REFLECTED A MOMENT" _To face Page_ 18 "AS SHE BENT OVER THE OLD VOLUME" " 42 LOIS HINSDALE " 62 "AND IT ENDED IN THEIR RACING DOWN TOGETHER" " 84 "ALARMED, HE BENT OVER HER" " 104 "SHE SAT THERE HIGH IN THE AIR WHILE THE STEAMER BACKED OUT FROM THE PIERS" " 120 "YOU KNOW I TOO MUST GO FAR AWAY" " 132 TITA LISTENING " 136 "DEAR ME! WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH SUCH A YOUNG SAVAGE?" " 152 IN THE WOODS " 186 "HE TOOK HIS BEST COAT FROM HIS LEAN VALISE" " 208 "HE WAS MERELY NOTING THE EFFECT" " 226 "SHE BATHED HER FLUSHED CHEEKS" " 234 "SHE STARTED SLIGHTLY" " 254 "SHE BURIED HER FACE TREMBLINGLY IN HER HANDS" " 262 "ANNE DREW A CHAIR TO THE BEDSIDE, AND SAT DOWN WITH HER BACK TO THE MOONLIGHT" " 284 "WHILE HER MAID WAS COILING HER FAIR HAIR" " 308 "IT IS, OR SHOULD BE, OVER THERE" " 328 "MISS LOIS SIGHED DEEPLY" " 350 "JULY WALKED IN FRONT, WITH HIS GUN OVER HIS SHOULDER" " 374 "SHE TRIED TO RISE, BUT HE HELD HER ARM WITH BOTH HANDS" " 386 "WEAK, HOLDING ON BY THE TREES" " 392 "SAW HER SLOWLY ASCEND THE HOUSE STEPS" " 408 "ANNE, STILL AS A STATUE" " 432 "HE ROSE, AND TOOK HER COLD HANDS IN HIS" " 460 "HE OBEYED WITHOUT COMMENT" " 498 "THE SECOND BOAT, WHICH WAS FARTHER UP THE LAKE, CONTAINED A MAN" " 514 "HE REACHED THE WINDOWS, AND PEEPED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE OLD BLIND" " 530 ANNE. CHAPTER I.