Front matter

By

Helen Diehl Olds

ILLUSTRATED BY ROBB BEEBE

GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York By arrangement with D. Appleton-Century Company

COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher.

Copyright, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 by the Methodist Book Concern

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To my sons Bob and Jerry just because ...

CONTENTS

I.JOAN GETS A JOB

II.THE JOURNAL FAMILY

III.JOAN ON THE BEAT

IV.“NO MORE MISTAKES”

V.THE ANNUAL OUTING

VI.TIM’S SECOND WARNING

VII.CHUB GETS AN IDEA

VIII.CHUB TAKES A HAND

IX.A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

X.TOMMY-BY-THE-DAY

XI.THE DAY NURSERY

XII.RICH BOY, POOR BOY

XIII.ERIC

XIV.SACRED COW

XV.JOAN MEETS ALEX

XVI.THE HONOR SYSTEM

XVII.TIM MAKES THE FRONT PAGE

XVIII.DUMMY’S STORY

XIX.THE COMMA’S TAIL

ILLUSTRATIONS

It was the story of the Charity Play

“I’ll talk with this young woman alone,” he said

“Mark ’em ‘first’ and ‘second’,” Tim shouted

“Are you a deaf-mute or aren’t you?”

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