Wheat and Huckleberries
Reading edition
Charlotte M. Vaile
“MORTON FOUND TIME TO ANSWER ALL HER QUESTIONS.”
WHEAT AND HUCKLEBERRIES
OR
DR. NORTHMORE’S DAUGHTERS
BY
CHARLOTTE M. VAILE
ILLUSTRATED BY
ALICE BARBER STEVENS
BOSTON AND CHICAGO
W. A. WILDE COMPANY
Copyright, 1899,
By W. A. Wilde Company.
All rights reserved.
WHEAT AND HUCKLEBERRIES.
To J. F. V.
This Story
TOO SLIGHT TO BE AN OFFERING TO HIM, BUT WRITTEN IN DEAR REMEMBRANCE OF HIS EARLY HOME AND OF MINE
Is Lovingly Dedicated
C. M. V.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—HARVEST AT THE FARM
CHAPTER II—TALKING IT OVER
CHAPTER III—BETWEEN TIMES
CHAPTER IV—AT THE OLD PLACE
CHAPTER V—AUNT KATHARINE SAXON
CHAPTER VI—AUNT KATHARINE—CONTINUED
CHAPTER VII—HUCKLEBERRYING
CHAPTER VIII—A PAIR OF CALLS
CHAPTER IX—A GLIMPSE FROM THE INSIDE
CHAPTER X—SOME BITS OF POETRY
CHAPTER XI—AN OUTING AND AN INVITATION
CHAPTER XII—WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
CHAPTER XIII—INTO THE WEST AGAIN
CHAPTER XIV—THE NABOB MAKES AN IMPRESSION
CHAPTER XV—ESTHER GOES TO PRAYER-MEETING
CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE GET HOME
ILLUSTRATIONS
“Morton found time to answer all her questions”
“He leaned on the gate when he had opened it for the girls”
“She opened the door in person”
“Tom and Kate watched them go”
“‘It has been delightful to see you in this lovely old home’”