Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | This e-book contains dialect. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * THE LAND OF LONG AGO [Illustration: "'HERE'S A PICTURE O' HENRIETTA'S HOUSE, CHILD.'" FRONTISPIECE, _See Page 119_.] The Land of Long Ago By Eliza Calvert Hall Author of "Aunt Jane of Kentucky" Illustrated by G. Patrick Nelson & Beulah Strong Boston Little, Brown, & Company 1909 _Copyright, 1907, 1908, 1909_, BY COSMOPOLITAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. _Copyright, 1909_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ Published, September, 1909 Printers S.J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A. TO My Children, MARGERY, ALEXANDER, THOMAS, AND CECILIA, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK [Illustration] CHAPTERS PAGE I. A RIDE TO TOWN 1 II. THE HOUSE THAT WAS A WEDDING FEE 37 III. THE COURTSHIP OF MISS AMARYLLIS 75 IV. AUNT JANE GOES A-VISITING 109 V. THE MARRIAGE PROBLEM IN GOSHEN 143 VI. AN EYE FOR AN EYE 171 VII. THE REFORMATION OF SAM AMOS 207 VIII. IN WAR TIME 235 IX. THE WATCH MEETING 271 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS "'HERE'S A PICTURE O' HENRIETTA'S HOUSE, CHILD'" FRONTISPIECE "I KNOW THE DELICATE DIFFERENCES AND RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN THE ODORS OF INDIVIDUAL ROSES" _Page_ 14 MISS PENELOPE AND MISS AMARYLLIS " 80 "'ONE MORNING SHE CONCLUDED SHE'D STRAIGHTEN OUT HENRY'S TRUNK'" " 148 "IT WAS THE TIME OF THE BLOOMING OF THE WISTARIA" " 173 "'THE GLASS BROKE INTO A HUNDRED PIECES'" " 229 "'DAVID! JONATHAN! MY BOYS! WHERE ARE YOU?'" " 257 "REVERENTLY SHE LAID THE HEAVY CALF-BOUND VOLUME ACROSS HER KNEES" " 290