Produced by David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) COUNTRY LUCK. BY JOHN HABBERTON, AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 1887. _All Rights Reserved._ Copyright, 1887, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.--HOW IT CAME ABOUT 5 II.--FAMILY COUNCILS 16 III.--“DOWN TO YORK” 27 IV.--THE TRAMLAY RECEPTION 36 V.--NOT SO DREADFUL AFTER ALL 44 VI.--RECONSTRUCTION 52 VII.--AT HER SIDE 62 VIII.--HIMSELF FOR COMPANY 74 IX.--NEWS, YET NO NEWS 80 X.--AGNES DINON’S PARTY 88 XI.--DRIFTING FROM MOORINGS 101 XII.--IRON LOOKS UP 109 XIII.--“WHILE YET AFAR OFF” 117 XIV.--GOING HOME 126 XV.--THE FATTED CALF,--BUT THE NEIGHBORS, TOO 135 XVI.--MORE NEWS THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH 142 XVII.--FATHER AND SON 149 XVIII.--THE NEW CLERK 158 XIX.--HOPES AND FEARS 168 XX.--AN OLD QUESTION REPEATED 178 XXI.--HAYNTON ROUSES ITSELF 186 XXII.--SEVERAL GREEN-EYED MONSTERS 196 XXIII.--E. & W. 205 XXIV.--IRON LOOKS STILL HIGHER 212 XXV.--E. & W. AGAIN 220 XXVI.--SOME MINDS RELIEVED 229 XXVII.--AMONG THE RUINS 240 XXVIII.--“AND E’EN THE FATES WERE SMILING” 249 XXIX.--SO THEY WERE MARRIED 257 COUNTRY LUCK. CHAPTER I. HOW IT CAME ABOUT.