COLLECTION
OF
BRITISH AUTHORS
TAUCHNITZ EDITION.
VOL. 1091.
SALEM CHAPEL BY MRS. OLIPHANT.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
| TAUCHNITZ EDITION. By the same Author, | |
| THE LAST OF THE MORTIMERS | 2 vols. |
| MARGARET MAITLAND | 1 vol. |
| AGNES | 2 vols. |
| MADONNA MARY | 2 vols. |
| THE MINISTER’S WIFE | 2 vols. |
| THE RECTOR AND THE DOCTOR’S FAMILY | 1 vol. |
Chronicles of Carlingford
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SALEM CHAPEL
BY
MRS. OLIPHANT.
COPYRIGHT EDITION.
I N T W O V O L U M E S.
VOL. I.
LEIPZIG
BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1870.
The Right of Translation is reserved.
SALEM CHAPEL.
CHAPTER I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX.
CHAPTER I.
TOWARDS the west end of Grove Street, in Carlingford, on the shabby sideof the street, stood a red brick building, presenting a pinched gableterminated by a curious little belfry, not intended for any bell, andlooking not unlike a handle to lift up the edifice by to the publicobservation. This was Salem Chapel, the only Dissenting place of worshipin Carlingford. It stood in a narrow strip of ground, just as the littlehouses which flanked it on either side stood in their gardens, exceptthat the enclosure of the chapel was flowerless and sombre, and showedat the farther end a few sparsely-scattered tombstones—unmeaning slabs,such as the English mourner loves to inscribe his sorrow on. On eitherside of this little tabernacle were the humble houses—little detachedboxes, each two storeys high, each fronted by a littleflower-plot—clean, respectable, meagre, lit