The Belle of Bowling Green
By AMELIA E. BARR
Author of “The Bow of Orange Ribbon;” “The Maid of Maiden Lane,” Etc.
With Illustrations By WALTER H. EVERETT
A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
Copyright, 1904, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Published, October
PRINTED IN NEW YORK, U. S. A.
To My Friend
WARREN SNYDER
A Bookman and a Lover of Books
This Novel is Dedicated
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I MONDAY’S DAUGHTERS 3
II THE SPRING OF LIFE 30
III A SWEETNESS MORE DESIRED THAN SPRING 61
IV INTRODUCES MR. ST. ANGE 81
V A CHAIN OF CAUSES 115
VI THE MIRACLE OF LOVE 149
VII THE INCIDENT OF MARRIAGE 194
VIII THE ROSE OF RENUNCIATION 226
IX THE REPROOF OF THE SWORD 252
X THE STAR OF PEACE 296
XI AFTERWARD 321
Prologue
O shades of respectable Vans! O Livingstons, Kennedys, Jays! Lend me your names to conjure with, And bring back the fine old days-- When the trade and wealth of the city Lay snugly the rivers between, And the homes of its merchant princes, Were built round the Bowling Green. Here’s to the homes that are past! Here’s to the men that have been! Here’s to the heart of New York, That beats on the Bowling Green!
Here’s to the men who could meet Mockers and doubters, with smiles; And planning for centuries hence, Lay out their city by miles. It has spread far out to the North, It has spread to the East and the West, Though the men who saw it in dreams, Now sleep in old Trinity’s breast. Here’s to the homes that are past! Here’s to the men that have been! Here’s to the heart of New York, That beats on the Bowling Green!
And here’s to the maids of the past! (They were beautiful maids we know,) That strolled in the Battery Park, In the years of the Long Ago. And though maids of to-day are fair, (No lovelier ever have been) They are proud to be called by the names Of the Belles of the Bowling Green. Here’s to the men of the past! Here’s to the maids that have been! Here’s to the heart of New York, That beats on the Bowling Green!
The Belle of Bowling Green