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“Oh, Miss Molly, let’s stay in the ‘beechwood period’ forever.”—Page 113.
MOLLY BROWN’S POST-GRADUATE DAYS
BY
NELL SPEED
AUTHOR OF “MOLLY BROWN’S FRESHMAN DAYS,” “MOLLY BROWN’S SOPHOMORE DAYS,” “MOLLY BROWN’S JUNIOR DAYS,” “MOLLY BROWN’S SENIOR DAYS,” ETC., ETC.
WITH FOUR HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES L. WRENN
NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1914 BY HURST & COMPANY
CONTENTS
BOOK I
I.The Arrival5
II.My Old Kentucky Home22
III.Wedding Preparations and Confidences36
IV.Burglars51
V.The Wedding62
VI.Buttermilk Tact77
VII.Pictures on Memory’s Wall100
VIII.All Kinds of Weather114
IX.Jimmy143
X.Aunt Clay Makes a Mistake154
BOOK II
I.Wellington Again170
II.Levity in the Leaven189
III.History Repeats Itself208
IV.A Barrel from Home223
V.Dodo’s Surprise Party241
VI.More Surprises261
VII.Dreams and Realities269
VIII.The Old Queen’s Crowd288
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
“Oh, Miss Molly, let’s stay in the ‘beechwood period’ forever”Frontispiece
“Hello, girls,” exclaimed Kent, hugging Molly, on one side, and shaking hands with Judy, on the other10
“Read me the poem yourself. Would you mind?”218
The two Kentucky girls made a wonderfully charming picture252
MOLLY BROWN’S POST-GRADUATE DAYS.
BOOK I.