EMMA C. DOWD

Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge

1912

To "The Mother of Polly"

Contents

I. The Cherry-Pudding Story

II. The Election of Polly

III. Popover

IV. David

V. With the Assistance of Lone Star

VI. Elsie's Birthday

VII. The Little Sad Lady

VIII. A Warning from Aunt Jane

IX. A Night of Song

X. The Ward's Anniversary

XI. Polly Plays the part of Eva

XII. The Kidnapping of Polly

XIII. The Return

XIV. Polly's "Anne Sisters"

XV. A Bid for Polly

XVI. A Secret

XVII. The Wedding

Illustrations

The Story of the Wonderful White Flower — Title Page

"Once upon a Time," she began — Chapter I

Forgetting all but the music she loved — Chapter XV

This document makes you legally our own daughter — Chapter XVII

From drawings by Irma Deremeaux