Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. [Illustration: SILVER LAKE SERIES.] Silver Lake Series. GOOD FOR EVIL; OR, ROSE COTTAGE. [BY MADELINE LESLIE.] "Not rendering evil for evil; or railing for railing; but contrariwise blessing."—1 Peter 3:9. BOSTON: HENRY A. YOUNG & COMPANY, NO. 24 CORNHILL. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by HENRY A. YOUNG & COMPANY. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE LAW STUDENTS CHAPTER II. GOING HOME CHAPTER III. THE RECEPTION CHAPTER IV. TAKING TIME BY THE FORELOCK CHAPTER V. IMPULSE VERSUS PRUDENCE CHAPTER VI. NEWS FROM THE WEST CHAPTER VII. BROKEN PROMISES CHAPTER VIII. THOUGHTS AND REVELATIONS CHAPTER IX. THE SURPRISE CHAPTER X. THE NEW PROJECT CHAPTER XI. JOYS AND SORROWS CHAPTER XII. THE TINY ROSE BUD CHAPTER XIII. UNAPPRECIATED CHAPTER XIV. THE SEPARATION CHAPTER XV. SALES OF THE ROCKS CHAPTER XVI. THE TRAVELLERS CHAPTER XVII. THE WINTER IN ROME CHAPTER XVIII. THE EFFECTS OF CRIME CHAPTER XIX. GOOD FOR EVIL CHAPTER XX. SALVATION BY CHRIST CHAPTER XXI. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS CHAPTER XXII. FATHER AND SON GOOD FOR EVIL. CHAPTER I. THE LAW STUDENTS. THE day was sultry; the air, portending a shower. Groups of young men were loitering about the steps of the different collegiate halls; some glancing up to the sky; others gazing wishfully in the direction of the river, where even at this distance a number of boats could be distinguished, safely moored ready for the race of the morrow. "Look at that cloud," murmured a young man about to graduate from the law school. "We shall hear the thunder soon; or I'm mistaken. But if you say so, Paul, we'll go as far as the great elm." "Aye! aye! Wallingford. I shall feel better for the walk. If we are caught in the rain, the wetting, on a day like this, will do us no harm." "There they go," exclaimed a youth, whom his companions called Cicero, on account of his frequent quotations from that renowned orator. "They're walking off together as usual. It would be a treat to see Wallingford by himself for once." "They're too Davidiac and Jonathanic for that," laughed another. "They are both fine fellows; but I confess Wallingford is more to my taste than Dudley; and I prophesy he'll make a greater mark in the world." In the mean time the two friends sauntered slowly on through the college grounds, keeping a careful survey of the advancing cloud, until at length they reached the Post office where Dudley secured a couple of letters. "You're a lucky fellow, Paul," said his companion heartily.