HIGHACRES
BY JANE D. ABBOTT
AUTHOR OF "KEINETH," "LARKSPUR" AND "HAPPY HOUSE"
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRIET ROOSEVELT RICHARDS
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
TO
THOSE DEAR CHUMS
"WRITE A STORY ABOUT SCHOOL," YOU ASKED
ME. "WRITE A STORY IN WHICH THE HEROINE
HAS A MOTHER AND A FATHER—WE'RE SO
TIRED OF POOR ORPHANS," YOU BEGGED. I
HAVE TRIED TO DO IT, ASKING YOUR FORGIVENESS
FOR ONE LITTLE STEP-FATHER. TO
YOU I AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THE STORY
