Chicken Little Jane

Front matter

Reading edition

Until the water was dripping from noses and chins.

Chicken Little Jane BY LILY MUNSELL RITCHIE PUBLISHERS BARSE & HOPKINS NEW YORK, N. Y. NEWARK, N. J.

Adventures of Chicken Little Jane Printed in the United States of America

“To Olive F. Y. Dart, the kind friend who first encouraged me to write, I gratefully dedicate my first book.”

I Alice and the Siege of Acre 11

II The Millinery Store 28

III The Duck Creek Treasure 44

IV Chicken Little Jane and Her Mother 64

V The Back-Yard Furnace 77

VI The Wedding 90

VII Chicken Little Jane and Dick Harding Play Providence 107

VIII Christmas and the Day After 130

IX Chicken Little Jane’s Gift 149

X Skating 162

XI Chicken Little Jane’s Birthday 175

XII Poor Ernest and Poor Marian 188

XIII Forbidden Books and Candy Hearts 204

XIV May Baskets 218

XV Thunder and Gooseberry Bushes 233

XVI Letters and a Surprise 248

XVII Cousin May’s Party 259

XVIII The Children Go Exploring 271

XIX Things Happen 285

XX Off to the Ranch 297