TALBOT'S ANGLES [Illustration: "I AM AS PROUD AS CAN BE OF YOU." FRONTISPIECE (_Page 147_).] _TALBOT'S ANGLES_ _BY AMY E. BLANCHARD_ _Author of "A Journey of Joy," "Wits' End," "The Glad Lady," etc._ [Illustration] _BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS_ _Copyright, 1911_, BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY _All rights reserved_ Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS: C.H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. AT END OF DAY 9 II. A CLINGING VINE 21 III. LEAVING THE NEST 35 IV. DEPARTED DAYS 48 V. THE ALARM 61 VI. AN INQUISITIVE NEIGHBOR 75 VII. WAS IT CURIOSITY? 89 VIII. A DISCLOSURE 105 IX. THE LETTERS ON THE TRUNK 118 X. PURSUING CLUES 132 XI. A NEWSPAPER 145 XII. A BRACE OF DUCKS 157 XIII. AN ANCESTRAL PILGRIMAGE 170 XIV. TWO BUGGIES 185 XV. A DISTINCT SENSATION 199 XVI. BEGONE, DULL CARE 213 XVII. AS WATER UNTO WINE 228 XVIII. THE DELIBERATE CONSCIENCE 245 XIX. OF WHAT AVAIL? 262 XX. "THE SPRING HAS COME" 277 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "I AM AS PROUD AS CAN BE OF YOU." (_Page 147_) _Frontispiece_ SCOLDING AWAY "JES LAK AN OLE BLUE JAY," DECLARED JAKE. 38 "DON'T SHOOT!" 71 "BUT YOU MUST NOT CALL ME COUSIN!" 115 "YOU DON'T IMAGINE HE HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH GRACE, DO YOU?" 164 "HE HAS GIVEN ME THE DEAREST RING." 225 "HER GAZE FELL ON THE TWO." 289 TALBOT'S ANGLES CHAPTER I THE END OF A DAY