MRS. A. L. WISTER

Translator of "The Old Mam'selle's Secret," "Gold Elsie," "The
Second Wife," "The Happy-Go-Lucky," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
CHARLOTTE WEBER-DITZLER

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1907

Copyright, 1907 By J. B. Lippincott Company
Published October, 1907

Electrotyped and printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U. S. A.

I TAKE PLEASURE IN INSCRIBING THIS TRANSLATION--THE LAST I SHALL EVER COMPLETE--TO THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF THOSE WHO SO KINDLY WELCOMED THE FIRST, PUBLISHED A LIFE-TIME AGO.

ANNIS LEE WISTER

"Lindenshade,"
Walungford, Pa.
September, 1907