"After Many Days" (1903)
"The Bride Roses" (1903)
"The Romance of Jedediah" (1912)
"Elizabeth's Child" (1904)
"In the Old Valley" (1906)
"The Prodigal Brother" (1906)
"Robert Turner's Revenge" (1909)
"For a Dream's Sake" (1935)
"The Price" (1930)
"A Golden Wedding" (1909)
"Mrs. March's Revenge" (1904)
"An Unpremeditated Ceremony" (1907)
"Missy's Room" (1907)
"The Story of Uncle Dick" (1906)
"The Romance of Aunt Beatrice" (1902)
"The Setness of Theodosia" (1901)
"Between the Hill and the Valley" (1905)
"The Man Who Forgot" (1932)
"After Many Days" (Ram's Horn, March 1903)
Ben Butler returns to Greenvale from the west after a twenty year absence. He
hears the town gossip that Old Stephen Strong, a man who once took him in after
catching Ben stealing his oats, will soon be turned out of his home. Will Ben
help Old Stephen, or mock his faith and kindness?
"The Bride Roses" (Christian Endeavor World, October 1903)
Because of a family quarrel, Corona Gordon has been separated from her kinship
with her cousin Meredith Gordon and his family for 30 years. When she hears that
Meredith's daughter, Juliet, is to be married, she is heartbroken not to see
the wedding. When Corona notices that the barren Gordon brides rose bush has
bloomed after years, she sends Juliet a basket of roses leading to something
beautiful. Corona's
maid Charlotta is much like Charlotta the Fourth in Anne of Avonlea.
"The Romance of Jedediah" (Housewife, September 1912)
Jedediah Crane is a tin peddler who once lived in Amberley. After a fifteen year
absence he returns to peddle tin and visits Mattie Adams. Jed was once in love
with Mattie, but they were separated by her family. Jed still has feelings for
Mattie, but does she care for him? And will her eldest sister still keep them
apart?
"Elizabeth’s Child" (Young People, December 1904)
None of the Inglelows had married except Elizabeth, who went out west to Manitoba.
Since her family never approved of her husband, Elizabeth was isolated from the
rest of their family, and their correspondence fell off. The Inglelows, filled
with curiosity about Elizabeth's grown daughter, Worth, send her an invitation
her for a visit. Worth is attached to her aunts and uncles and works to bring
her family together again.
“In the Old Valley" (American Agriculturist, September 1906, and as "The
Old Valley" in Holland's Magazine, March 1910)
Cuthbert Marshall returns to the Old Valley after years away. He's a successful
businessman, but realizes he was happier in the valley, and that he missed his
old friend Joyce Cameron.
"The Prodigal Brother" (Ram's Horn, May 1906, and in Holland's
Magazine,
March 1914)
Miss Hannah has waited for his brother's return for many years. He ran away from
home, leaving her a note promising he'd return after making his fortune. Will
Ralph return, or is Miss Hannah living a delusion?
"Robert Turner's Revenge" (Springfield Republican, May 1909)
Robert Turner returns home after becoming a cold and hard businessman. He remembers
how Neil Jameson wrestled him unfairly years ago, and his plan for revenge. Neil
is dead, but Robert holds power to foreclose on the mortgage now held by his
wife. After meeting with his old enemy and first sweetheart's son, will he follow
through with his plan for revenge or will he be true to Lisbeth Miller's memory?
"For a Dream's Sake" (Family Herald, January 1935)
Gilroy Gray is engaged to marry Vere. She agreed to marry Gilroy, but tells him
her heart still belongs to Maurice Tisdale, a man who supposedly died years ago
in a mining accident. When a phony, showy Maurice arrives in town, alive and
well, will he ruin Vere's long-held dream?
"The Price" (Chatelaine, March 1930)
Christine is caring for her cousin Agatha North. When, by accident, Christine
gives Agatha the wrong medication, she believes she is responsible for her cousin's
death. Christine proceeds to give up all of her frivolous ways and refuses to
marry Dr. Lennox, choosing to live alone in unhappiness since she has robbed
a life. Will she ever confess?
"A Golden Wedding" (American Messenger, June 1909)
Lovell Stevens returns home after a ten year absence to learn his Uncle Tom and
Aunt Sally are in the poor house. He comes up with a plan to rescue them and
celebrate their golden anniversary.
"Mrs. March's Revenge" (Western Christian Advocate, February 1904)
Anna March has bought the old Carroll place, all because of her old resentment
for Lou Carroll. When Lou Carroll, sick and out-of-her-mind tried to return home,
Anna has the opportunity to exact her long-awaited revenge.
"An Unpremeditated Ceremony" (Gunter's Magazine, May 1907,
and in
Canadian Courier, February 1910)
Selwyn Grant returns home to realize his brother Leo is about to be married.
He is shocked to learn his true love Esme Graham never married Tom St. Clair.
Learning of their engagement was the reason he left town, but now is he too late
to win Esme's heart?
"Missy’s Room" (Lion's Herald, July 1907)
Mrs. Falconer's daughter Missy ran away year ago, and her room has been kept
as a shrine to her memory. When sick, young Camilla Clark has nowhere to go,
Mrs. Falconer struggles with her decision to let her stay in Missy's room, and
confesses her story to Camilla, leading to an unexpected return.
"The Story of Uncle Dick" (American Agriculturist, July 1906)
Uncle Dick and his love Rose Lawrence have waited devotedly for twenty-five years
to be married. Both had to care for ailing parents, and Rose moved to California.
At long last, they reunite.
"The Romance of Aunt Beatrice" (Springfield Republican, April 1902)
Margaret visits Aunt Beatrice, ready to tell her all about her worries over Gilbert.
Then she realizes Aunt Beatrice has been crying since she didn't have a thing
to wear to go to Mrs. Cunningham's "at home" party, and that she wants
to see John Reynolds. Beatrice and John had once been engaged fifteen years ago,
but then quarreled. Margaret puts together a plan to dress and ready Beatrice
for the party, where she and John meet once again.
"The Setness of Theodosia" (Springfield Republican, October 1901,
and in Westminster, January 1910)
Theodosia Ford married Wesley Brooke, but when Wesley goes out west, she refuses
to go with him. For years they live apart, without ever corresponding, but when
Wesley falls ill and Dosia receives word that he is dying, she rushes west to
be with him.
"Between the Hill and the Valley" (Springfield Republican, August
1905, and as "The Hill and the Valley" in Maclean's, April 1915)
Jeffrey Miller goes to see Sara Stuart after her father's death. Finally he confesses
his love for his old friend, though she is of a higher class. Will she feel the
same?
"The Man Who Forgot" (Family Herald, January 1932)
The minister tells the story of Old Doc, who made his daughter Gertrude promise
to get his approval before she married. While Old Doc wants his daughter to marry
Gordon Mitchell, she is in love with Anthony Fairweather. When Old Doc dies without
giving Gertrude consent to marry Anthony, she settles to become an old maid,
until the minister's sermon brings forth a confession.
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