Produced by Suzanne Shell, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Notes: SO_3HO = 3 is subscripted [=u] = macron above "u" * * * * * GEORGE W. CABLE'S WRITINGS BONAVENTURE. A Prose Pastoral of Arcadian Louisiana. 12mo, $1.25. DR. SEVIER. 12mo, $1.25. THE GRANDISSIMES. A Story of Creole Life. 12mo, $1.25. OLD CREOLE DAYS. 12mo, $1.25. STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA. Illustrated. 12mo, $2.00. *** _New Uniform Edition of the above five volumes, cloth, in a box, $6.00._ * * * JOHN MARCH, SOUTHERNER, 12mo, $1.50. OLD CREOLE DAYS. Cameo Edition with Etching, $1.25. OLD CREOLE DAYS. 2 vols. 16mo, paper, each 30 cts. MADAME DELPHINE. 75 cts. THE CREOLES OF LOUISIANA. Illus. Small 4to, $2.50. THE SILENT SOUTH. 12mo, $1.00. DR. SEVIER BY GEORGE W. CABLE AUTHOR OF "OLD CREOLE DAYS," "THE GRANDISSIMES," "MADAME DELPHINE," ETC. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1897 Copyright, 1883 and 1884 BY GEORGE W. CABLE _All rights reserved_ TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY, NEW YORK. TO MY FRIEND MARION A. BAKER CONTENTS. Chapter Page I.--The Doctor 5 II.--A Young Stranger 10 III.--His Wife 17 IV.--Convalescence and Acquaintance 22 V.--Hard Questions 29 VI.--Nesting 34 VII.--Disappearance 45 VIII.--A Question of Book-keeping 52 IX.--When the Wind Blows 61 X.--Gentles and Commons 66 XI.--A Pantomime 73 XII.--"She's all the World" 81 XIII.--The Bough Breaks 87 XIV.--Hard Speeches and High Temper 94 XV.--The Cradle Falls 99 XVI.--Many Waters 107 XVII.--Raphael Ristofalo 118 XVIII.--How He Did It 127 XIX.--Another Patient 134 XX.--Alice 138 XXI.--The Sun at Midnight 142 XXII.--Borrower Turned Lender 160 XXIII.--Wear and Tear 169 XXIV.--Brought to Bay 177 XXV.--The Doctor Dines Out 184 XXVI.--The Trough of the Sea 194 XXVII.--Out of the Frying-Pan 207 XXVIII.--"Oh, where is my Love?" 215 XXIX.--Release.--Narcisse 224 XXX.--Lighting Ship 233 XXXI.--At Last 243 XXXII.--A Rising Star 248 XXXIII.--Bees, Wasps, and Butterflies 258 XXXIV.--Toward the Zenith 262