Front matter

PATTY FAIRFIELD PATTY AT HOME PATTY IN THE CITY PATTY’S SUMMER DAYS PATTY IN PARIS PATTY’S FRIENDS

“Patty was a comfort-loving creature” (p. 33)

Patty’s Friends

BY

CAROLYN WELLS

Author of “Patty Fairfield,” “Patty

in Paris,” etc.

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1908

Copyright, 1908

By Dodd, Mead and Company

Published, September, 1908

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I An Afternoon Tea 9

II Riddles and Games 23

III The White Lady 36

IV A Floral Offering 51

V Miss Yankee Doodle 65

VI Herenden Hall 79

VII For One Night Only 93

VIII The Earl of Ruthven 107

IX An Important Document 121

X A Momentous Interview 134

XI The Birthday Party 149

XII Summer Plans 162

XIII Cromarty Manor 175

XIV Uncle Marmaduke 190

XV Puzzling Rhymes 204

XVI The Croquet Party 218

XVII The Griffin and the Rose 231

XVIII The Old Chimney-Piece 245

XIX The Discovery 258

XX Good-Byes 272

ILLUSTRATIONS

“Patty was a comfort-loving creature” Frontispiece

“Marie pinned it and sewed it” 95

“‘How much pleasanter this is than squabbling’” 146

“Often she would spend a morning lying in a hammock beneath the old trees” 177

Patty’s Friends