Madeline — Mary Jane Holmes / Mary J. Holmes

Young Madeline Maddy Clyde aspires to teach in the local school district, and thereby earn enough money to permit her aged guardians to keep their farm. Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the 1881, New York edition. Contents: The Examining Committee; - Madeline Clyde;- The Examination; - Grandpa Markham; - The Result; - Convalescence; - The Drive; - Shadowings of What was to Be; - The Decision; - At Aikenside; - Guy at Home; - Lucy's Letter; - Gossip; - Maddy and Lucy; - The Holidays; - The Doctor and Maddy; - Womanhood; - The Burden; - Life at the Cottage; - The Burden grows Heavier; - The Interval before the Marriage; - Before the Bridal; - Lucy; - Finale