Cecilia of the Pink Roses

MILK, AN' SUGAR IF YOU HAVE IT
BY KATHARINE HAVILAND TAYLOR
ILLUSTRATED BY MAY WILSON PRESTON
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY DEAR MOTHER SOURCE OF MY INNER PINK ROSES
CONTENTS
CHAPTER

CECILIA OF THE PINK ROSES
The Madden flat was hot and the smell of frying potatoes filled it. Two or three flies buzzed tirelessly here and there, now and again landing with sticky clingingness on a small boy of four who screamed with their advent. When this happened a girl of seven stepped from the stove and shooed them away, saying: Aw now, Johnny! and Johnny would quiet.