E-text prepared by David Wilson, Paul Dring, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 27811-h.htm or 27811-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/8/1/27811/27811-h/27811-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/8/1/27811/27811-h.zip) MACARIA by AUGUSTA J. EVANS WILSON Author of "Beulah," "St. Elmo," "Infelice," Etc., Etc. [Illustration: "Urging her to visit them as often as possible, Mr. Young withdrew." (_Chapter IX_) _Frontispiece_] Ward, Lock & Co., Limited London and Melbourne 1921 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I RUSSELL AUBREY 5 II IRENE'S FRIENDSHIP 13 III THE MISSING WATCH 19 IV ELECTRA'S DISCOVERY 28 V IRENE IS SENT AWAY 35 VI MASTER AND PUPIL 42 VII NEW FRIENDS 49 VIII A DISCOVERY 54 IX AN ORPHAN'S PROTECTORS 66 X IRENE'S COUSIN 70 XI ANXIETY 77 XII A SACRIFICE 83 XIII WARNINGS 88 XIV THE CLOSE OF THE VIGIL 94 XV AT HOME AGAIN 99 XVI THE LOAN REPAID 105 XVII IRENE MEETS RUSSELL 111 XVIII A REFUSAL 117 XIX RUSSELL VISITS ELECTRA 124 XX A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGISLATURE 131 XXI THE MINISTER'S LOVE 139 XXII "COUSINLY--NO MORE" 143 XXIII THE FEVER 152 XXIV IRENE'S ILLNESS 162 XXV RECONCILED 171 XXVI CIVIL WAR 182 XXVII HOSPITAL STORES 187 XXVIII A CONFESSION 194 XXIX A DYING MESSAGE 202 XXX THE BLOCKADE RUNNER 211 XXXI RESULTS OF SECESSION 221 XXXII WOMANLY USEFULNESS 227 XXXIII IN THE HOSPITAL 233 XXXIV MORTALLY WOUNDED 240 XXXV "THE SANCTIFIED DEVOTION AND FULL WORK" 252 MACARIA CHAPTER I RUSSELL AUBREY