OTHER BOOKS BY BERTHA B. AND ERNEST COBB
ARLO CLEMATIS ANITA PATHWAYS ALLSPICE DAN’S BOY PENNIE ANDRÉ ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND ROBIN

“Are you going to sit here all day, little girl?”

CLEMATIS

BY

BERTHA B. AND ERNEST COBB

Authors of Arlo, Busy Builder’s Book, Hand in Hand With Father Time, etc.

With illustrations by

A. G. CRAM

AND

WILLIS LEVIS

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright, 1917

By BERTHA B. and ERNEST COBB

Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London

for Foreign Countries

Twenty-second Impression

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must

not be reproduced in any form without permission.

Made in the United States of America

Somerset, Mass.

Dear Priscilla:

You have taken such a fancy to little Clematis that we hope other children may like her, too. We may not be able to buy you all the ponies, and goats, and dogs, and cats that you would like, but we will dedicate the book to you, and then you can play with all the animals Clematis has, any time you wish.

With much love, from

Bertha B. and Ernest Cobb.

To Miss Priscilla Cobb.

CONTENTS

ChapterPage
1.Lost in a Big City [1]
2.The Children’s Home [16]
3.The First Night [28]
4.Who is Clematis? [41]
5.Clematis Begins to Learn [52]
6.Clematis Has a Hard Row to Hoe [61]
7.What Clematis Found [72]
8.A Visitor [86]
9.The Secret [97]
10.Two Doctors [109]
11.A Long, Anxious Night [121]
12.Getting Well [134]
13.Off for Tilton [145]
14.The Country [160]
15.Clematis Tries to Help [172]
16.Only a Few Days More [186]
17.Where is Clematis? [200]
18.Hunting for Clematis [215]
19.New Plans [230]
20.The True Fairy Story [237]

ILLUSTRATIONS

1.“Are you going to sit here all day, little girl?”
2.“I don't want to stay here if you're going to throw my cat away.”
3.With Katie in the kitchen.
4.Thinking of the land of flowers.
5.Clematis held out her hand.
6.Clematis is better.
7.Off for Tilton.
8.In the country at last.
9.The little red hen.
10.Clematis watched the little fishes by the shore.
11.“I shan't be afraid.”
12.A little girl was coming up the path.
13.Deborah was very hungry.
14.“Didn't you ever peel potatoes?”
15.“What are you sewing?”
16.Clematis stuck one hand out.
17.She could see the little fish.
18.In Grandfather's house.

CLEMATIS