Produced by Matthew Rongey, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ROCKHAVEN BY CHARLES CLARK MUNN AUTHOR OF "POCKET ISLAND" AND "UNCLE TERRY" _ILLUSTRATED BY_ _FRANK T. MERRILL_ BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCMII Published March, 1902. Copyright, 1902, by Lee and Shepard. _All Rights Reserved._ Rockhaven. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A. To All WHO DESPISE HYPOCRISY AND DECEPTION WHO ADMIRE MANLY COURAGE AND WOMANLY DEVOTION WHOSE HEARTS YET VIBRATE TO THE CHORDS OF ROMANCE AND WHO RESPECT SIMPLE FAITH IN AND GRATITUDE TO GOD This Book is Respectfully Dedicated BY THE AUTHOR [Illustration: THE OLD TIDE-MILL.] CONTENTS I. ON ROCKHAVEN II. WINN HARDY III. THE ROCKHAVEN GRANITE COMPANY IV. WHERE THE SEA-GULLS COME V. JESS HUTTON VI. THE BUD OF A ROMANCE VII. SUNDAY ON ROCKHAVEN VIII. THE HAND OF FATE IX. A FRIENDLY HAND X. MONA HUTTON XI. THE DEVIL'S OVEN XII. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS XIII. WILD ROSES XIV. J. MALCOLM WESTON XV. A MATTER OF BUSINESS XVI. THE GROWTH OF A BUBBLE XVII. IN THE PATH OF MOONLIGHT XVIII. IN A FOG XIX. A PHILOSOPHER XX. A CLOUD OVER ROCKHAVEN XXI. THE MOOD OF THE BELLS XXII. TWO RASCALS XXIII. THE STARTING OF A "CORNER" XXIV. THE PROGRESS OF A "CORNER" XXV. A SUMMER DAY XXVI. A CLIMAX XXVII. SEVERING THE TIES XXVIII. ON 'CHANGE XXIX. THE BUBBLE RISES XXX. THE BUBBLE BURSTS XXXI. TWO DOGS AND A BONE XXXII. THE AFTERMATH OF A SWINDLE XXXIII. A TOUCH OF HEROISM XXXIV. A WOMAN'S WILES XXXV. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE XXXVI. GOING, GOING, GONE! XXXVII. A SOCIAL CYNIC XXXVIII. THE END OF AN IDYL XXXIX. A GRAY-HAIRED ROMANCE XL. A GOOD SEND-OFF XLI. EIN WUNDERBARES FRAULEIN XLII. THE ROAD TO THE TEMPLE XLIII. THE CYNIC'S SHADOW XLIV. ONLY A MOOD XLV. THE OLD HOME XLVI. A NEW STAR XLVII. LOVE ETERNAL XLVIII. CONCLUSION ILLUSTRATIONS THE OLD TIDE-MILL MONA JESS HUTTON, PHILOSOPHER THE DEVIL'S OVEN THE BUBBLE BURSTS ROCKHAVEN ROCKHAVEN CHAPTER I ON ROCKHAVEN "It ain't more'n onct in a lifetime," said Jess Hutton to the crowd of friends in his store, "that luck comes thick 'n' fat to any on us 'n' so fer that reason I sent over to the mainland fer suthin' o' a liquid natur; 'n' now take hold, all hands, 'n' injie yerselves on Jess."