DEFICIENT SAINTS DEFICIENT SAINTS A Tale of Maine BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "ROSE À CHARLITTE," "THE KING OF THE PARK," ETC. "Keep who will the city's alleys, Take the smooth-shorn plain, Give to us the cedar valleys, Rocks, and hills of Maine!" [Illustration] LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1903 TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUTIFUL BANGOR THIS STORY IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ELECT LADY AND HER DEATH-BOOK 11 II. AN UNEXPECTED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 24 III. TO HIM THE WORLD WAS GAY 34 IV. A FAVOUR SOLICITED 51 V. A PASTORAL VISIT 62 VI. STERN HER FACE AND MASCULINE HER STRIDE 72 VII. A DRIVE WITH A STRANGE GUIDE 81 VIII. OF MIXED BLOOD 98 IX. TELL ME YOUR SECRETS 111 X. A REFORM IN THE BILL OF FARE 122 XI. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH 136 XII. IT IS ALL TRUE 148 XIII. A DINNER-PARTY 162 XIV. UNQUIET HEARTS 178 XV. A FAMILY CEMENTED BY LOVE 191 XVI. A PARTIAL SURRENDER 200 XVII. CAPTAIN WHITE CHOOSES A MONUMENT 217 XVIII. A STEP IN ADVANCE 230 XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN LOSES ITS PASTOR 243 XX. BURGLARS AT FRENCH CROSS 254 XXI. MISS GASTONGUAY INTERVIEWS HER PRISONER 266 XXII. CRIMINAL RECORDS 280 XXIII. WHEN A MAN'S HAPPY 293 XXIV. AN INVITATION TO A PICNIC 307 XXV. IN THE FRENCH CROSS WOOD 316 XXVI. THE PICNIC AND THE OLD PRISON WELL 322