CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Davie and Old Man Peters[ 1]
II Mrs. Pepper Attends to the Matter[ 15]
III The Dark Cloud Over the Little Brown House[ 30]
IV Sunlight Through the Cloud[ 47]
V On the Maybury Road[ 68]
VI Back to Mamsie[ 84]
VII “Good-by, Children”[ 101]
VIII “Old Father Dubbin”[ 118]
IX The Old Book Box[ 134]
X Mary Pote Helps[ 149]
XI “I’d Try to Learn”[ 163]
XII Hop o’ My Thumb[ 177]
XIII “Don’t Hurt Him”[ 192]
XIV In the Parrott Playroom[ 206]
XV “And See My Slate”[ 223]
XVI At Grandma Bascom’s[ 239]
XVII The Fishing Party[ 255]
XVIII Danger[ 269]
XIX “Polly Kissed It!” Said Davie[ 282]
XX Joel’s Company[ 296]
XXI At Farmer Brown’s[ 312]
XXII The Beautiful Day[ 326]
XXIII The Uninvited Guest[ 341]
XXIV Great-Grandmother Pepper’s Beads[ 355]
XXV Jimmy[ 370]
XXVI The Circus[ 384]
XXVII More About the Circus[ 398]
XXVIII David’s Cap[ 421]
XXIX The Story In the Shoe-Shop[ 441]
XXX The Letter[ 456]
XXXI Working Hard to Keep Cheery[ 474]