E-text prepared by Sigal Alon, David T. Jones, Fox in the Stars, 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 23215-h.htm or 23215-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/2/1/23215/23215-h/23215-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/2/1/23215/23215-h.zip) OLD EBENEZER. * * * * * OPIE READ'S SELECT WORKS Old Ebenezer The Jucklins My Young Master A Kentucky Colonel On the Suwanee River A Tennessee Judge Works of Strange Power and Fascination Uniformly bound in extra cloth, gold tops, ornamental covers, uncut edges, six volumes in a box, $6.00 Sold separately, $1.00 each. * * * * * [Illustration: couple sitting under tree] Opie Read's Select Works OLD EBENEEZER by OPIE READ Author of "My Young Master," "The Jucklins," "On the Suwanee River," "A Kentucky Colonel," "A Tennessee Judge," "The Colossus," "Emmett Bonlore," "Len Gansett," "The Tear in the Cup and Other Stories," "The Wives of the Prophet." Illustrated Chicago Laird & Lee, Publishers Copyrighted 1897, by Wm. H. Lee. (All Rights Reserved.) CONTENTS Chapter Page 1. Sam Lyman 7 2. The Noted Advocate 14 3. The Timely Oracle 21 4. A Fog Between Them 38 5. The Belle of the Town 49 6. Humbled Into the Dust 55 7. The Wedding Breakfast 63 8. Suppressing the News 70 9. At Church 83 10. The Old Fellow Laughed 91 11. In the Lantern Light 100 12. Wanted to Dream 112 13. In a Magazine 122 14. Nothing Remarkable in It 132 15. Must Leave the Town 143 16. Sawyer's Plan 155 17. At the Creek 164 18. At the Wagon Maker's Shop 174 19. A Restless Night 181 20. Afraid in the Dark 191 21. With Old Jasper 197 22. The "Boosy" 207 23. After an Anxious Night 222 24. At Mt. Zion 235 25. At Nancy's Home 249 26. Out in the Dark 262 27. The Revenge 270 28. A Gentleman Mule-Buyer 278 29. Gone Away 294 30. The Home 306 31. There Came a Check 316 32. Laughed at His Weakness 326 33. The Petition 338 OLD EBENEZER. CHAPTER I. SAM LYMAN.