CONTENTS

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I. What Daddy Had Written[ 1]
II. A Vista of New Possibilities[ 10]
III. Something New[ 20]
IV. A Very Civil Engineer[ 29]
V. “The World’s Run Mad”[ 38]
VI. A Rift In Her Happiness[ 48]
VII. The Desire of Aunt Mira’s Heart[ 58]
VIII. The City Girl[ 67]
IX. Annette Bowman[ 79]
X. Polktown’s New Awakening[ 88]
XI. The Breach Widens[ 97]
XII. “Them Trimminses”[ 106]
XIII. The Lawn Party[ 117]
XIV. One Saturday Afternoon[ 126]
XV. A Grist of Small Happenings[ 136]
XVI. Little Lottie’s Home-Coming[ 148]
XVII. An Errand of Mercy[ 158]
XVIII. The Elder’s Indignation[ 166]
XIX. The First Snow of the Season[ 178]
XX. The Barn Dance[ 191]
XXI. After the Dance[ 201]
XXII. Dark Days[ 207]
XXIII. A Quick Convalescence[ 221]
XXIV. Financial Troubles[ 226]
XXV. The Elder’s Awakening[ 233]
XXVI. “A Run for His Money”[ 240]
XXVII. The Echo Again[ 250]
XXVIII. What Might Have Been Known Before [ 271]
XXIX. Looking for Janice[ 283]
XXX. “Jingle Bells!”[ 294]