Front matter
Reading edition
BY
ROSA N. CAREY
AUTHOR OF
“Aunt Diana,” “Averil,” “Lover or Friend,” “Merle’s Crusade,” “Esther,” “Mary St. John,” “Queenie’s Whim,” “We Wifie,” Etc., Etc.
CHICAGO
M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
407-429 Dearborn Street
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Five-o’clock Tea. 7
II. Dick objects to the Mountains. 14
III. Mr. Mayne makes Himself Disagreeable. 22
IV. Dick’s Fête. 28
V. “I am Quite Sure of Him.” 35
VI. Mr. Trinder’s Visit. 41
VII. Phillis’s Catechism. 48
VIII. “We should have to carry Parcels.” 55
IX. A Long Day. 62
X. The Friary. 68
XI. “Tell us all about it, Nan.” 77
XII. “Laddie” puts in an Appearance. 85
XIII. “I must have Grace.” 91
XIV. “You can dare to tell me These Things.” 99
XV. A Van in the Braidwood Road. 108
XVI. A Visit to the White House. 118
XVII. “A Friend in Need.” 124
XVIII. Dorothy brings in the Best China. 132
XIX. Archie is in a Bad Humor. 139
XX. “You are Romantic.” 147
XXI. Breaking the Peace. 154
XXII. “Trimmings, not Squails.” 162
XXIII. “Bravo, Atalanta!” 167
XXIV. Mothers are Mothers. 174
XXV. Mattie’s New Dress. 181
XXVI. “Oh, You are Proud!” 189
XXVII. A Dark Hour. 196
XXVIII. The Mysterious Stranger. 202
XXIX. Mrs. Williams’s Lodger. 210
XXX. “Now we understand Each Other.” 219
XXXI. Dick thinks of the City. 226
XXXII. “Dick is to be our Real Brother.” 232
XXXIII. “This is Life and Death to Me.” 240
XXXIV. Miss Mewlstone has an Interruption. 248
XXXV. “Barby, don’t You recollect Me?” 255
XXXVI. Motes in the Sunshine. 262
XXXVII. “A Man has a Right to His Own Thoughts.” 268
XXXVIII. About Nothing Particular. 277
XXXIX. “How do you do, Aunt Catherine?” 283
XL. Alcides. 292
XLI. Sir Harry Bides his Time. 299
XLII. “Come, now, I call that Hard.” 307
XLIII. “I will write no such Letter.” 315
XLIV. Mr. Mayne orders a Basin of Gruel. 321
XLV. An Uninvited Guest. 328
XLVI. A New Invasion of the Goths. 336
XLVII. “It was so Good of You to ask me Here.” 343
XLVIII. Mrs. Sparsit’s Poodle. 349
XLIX. Mattie in a New Character. 356
L. Phillis’s Favorite Month. 362