[Illustration: “WE WILL NEVER QUARREL THEN, WILL WE, DARLING?” HE SAID.—_Queenie Hetherton, Page 217._ ] Queenie Hetherton BY MARY J. HOLMES As published in the NEW YORK WEEKLY, Vol. 35, No. 31 [Illustration] G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1880, BY STREET & SMITH COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY DANIEL HOLMES (_All rights reserved_) COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DANIEL HOLMES _Queenie Hetherton._ TO MRS. JULIE P. SMITH, OF HARTFORD, CONN., I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF QUEENIE, IN MEMORY OF THE DEAR LITTLE GIRL WHO SLEEPS AMONG THE NEW ENGLAND HILLS. BROCKPORT, _June, 1883_. CONTENTS. PAGE I. Introducing some of the Characters 7 II. Introducing more of the Characters 15 III. Mr. Beresford and Phil 25 IV. The Investigation 30 V. Phil Interviews his Grandmother 37 VI. Getting ready for Reinette 44 VII. On the Sea 53 VIII. Reinette Arrives 64 IX. Reinette at Home 82 X. The Two Reinettes 87 XI. On the Rocks 99 XII. Reinette and Mr. Beresford 107 XIII. Those People 116 XIV. Reinette and Phil 126 XV. Down by the Sea 140 XVI. Margery La Rue 144 XVII. Queenie and Margery 152 XVIII. Old Letters 163 XIX. The Little Lady of Hetherton 176 XX. Arrivals in Merrivale 184 XXI. The Dinner 192 XXII. Margery and the People 197 XXIII. Perfecting themselves in French 202 XXIV. “I love you, Queenie” 206 XXV. Phil’s Wooing 213 XXVI. Phil goes Away 223 XXVII. How Queenie bore the News 227 XXVIII. Mrs. La Rue’s Resolution 233 XXIX.