LAURA E. RICHARDS
AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY," "QUEEN
HILDEGARDE," "GEOFFREY STRONG," ETC.
Illustrated by
JULIA WARD RICHARDS
BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1904
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved
THE MERRYWEATHERS
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
TO
H. H. F., Jr.
WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING.