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THE HAPPY ADVENTURERS
[Illustration: YOU CALLED ME, SO I CAME]
The Happy Adventurers
BY
LYDIA MILLER MIDDLETON
To Alastair and Margaret
"I tell this tale, which is strictly true, Just by way of convincing you How very little, since things were made, Things have altered in the building trade."—Kipling.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. HOW IT BEGAN II. THE BUILDERS, OR THE LITTLE HOUSE III. THE FORTUNE-MAKERS, OR THE CHERRY-GARDEN IV. THE TREASURE-HUNTERS, OR THE DUKE'S NOSE V. THE GOLD-DIGGERS, OR THE MIRACLE VI. THE GRAPE-GATHERERS, OR WHO WAS MR. SMITH? VII. THE AERONAUTS, OR THE FATEFUL STONE VIII. HOW IT ENDED
ILLUSTRATIONS
"YOU CALLED ME, SO I CAME"
"I WISH I COULD MAKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD REACH FROM HERE TO MY BROTHER"
GRIZZEL THREW IN A SMALL HANDFUL OF TEA
DICK STARTED VIOLENTLY
THEY STOOD AND WATCHED THE "KANGAROO" FOR SOME TIME
THERE THEY WERE-OH, HOW MOLLY LONGED TO KEEP THEM!
THE HAPPY ADVENTURERS
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