"'Come, George—you need a good tramp,' Stuart urged at Jeannette's elbow"


Under the Country Sky By GRACE S. RICHMOND Author of "Red Pepper Burns," "Mrs. Red Pepper," "The Twenty-Fourth of June," "The Second Violin," Etc. With Frontispiece in Colors By FRANCES ROGERS A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by Arrangements with Doubleday, Page and Company

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1916, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I.HEART BURNINGS[3]
II.SOMETHING REALLY HAPPENS[15]
III.A SEMI-ANNUAL OCCURRENCE[31]
IV.A LITERARY LIGHT[39]
V.SHABBINESS[50]
VI.WHEN ROYALTY COMES[60]
VII.SNOWBALLS[71]
VIII.SOAPSUDS[84]
IX.A REASONABLE PROPOSITION[96]
X.STUART OBJECTS[105]
XI.BORROWED PLUMES[119]
XII.EARLY MORNING[135]
XIII.A COPYIST[143]
XIV.OUT OF THE BLUE[153]
XV."GREAT LUCK!"[164]
XVI.A LITTLE TRUNK[176]
XVII.REACTION[187]
XVIII."STEADY ON!"[199]
XIX.REVELATIONS[212]
XX.FIVE MINUTES[228]
XXI.MESSAGES[236]
XXII.TOASTS[248]
XXIII.WHY NOT?[259]
XXIV.MAGIC GOLD[270]
XXV.GREAT MUSIC[283]
XXVI.SALT WATER[295]
XXVII."CAKES AND ICES"[310]
XXVIII.A TANNED HERCULES[323]
XXIX.MILESTONES[332]
XXX.QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS[342]