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A California Girl, by Edward Eldridge
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Title: A California Girl
Author: Edward Eldridge
Release Date: April 7, 2009 [EBook #28528]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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A CALIFORNIA GIRL
BY EDWARD ELDRIDGE
The Abbey Press PUBLISHERS
114 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK
London Montreal
Copyright, 1902 by The Abbey Press
CHAPTER PAGE
Prologue 5
I. Clara Lawton 7
II. Ranch Talk 9
III. The Marriage of Charles Herne 21
IV. Julia Hammond 25
V. Ben West 35
VI. Stella Wheelwright 39
VII. Penloe 43
VIII. Ben West's Experience in the Klondike 54
IX. An Arrival 63
X. Mrs. Marston 70
XI. Saunders' Customers 85
XII. Penloe's Sermon 88
XIII. Return of Ben West 104
XIV. Five Years After Marriage 113
XV. A Conversation on the Porch 116
XVI. Tiestan 124
XVII. Penloe's Original Address 143
XVIII. Letters Received by Penloe 163
XIX. Mrs. West Relates Her Dream 170
XX. In the Mo