SARA WARE BASSETT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WILLIAM F. STECHER

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1924

Copyright, 1924,
by Little, Brown, and Company.

All rights reserved
Published September, 1924
Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The McGregors [ 1]
II Carl Tells a Story [ 17]
III A Tragedy [ 31]
IV Problems [ 45]
V A Tangle of Surprises [ 60]
VI The Web Widens [ 71]
VII The Coming of the Fairy Godmother [ 79]
VIII The Romance of Cotton [ 97]
IX North and South [ 112]
X A Lesson in Thrift [ 124]
XI A Family Congress [ 140]
XII A Clue [ 160]
XIII Hal Repeats His Visit [ 180]
XIV Spinning Yarns [ 193]
XV Tidings [ 219]
XVI A Reluctant Altruist [ 228]
XVII An Ordeal [ 237]
XVIII The Solution of Many Mysteries [ 250]
XIX Unraveling the Snarls [ 259]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Mr. Carl McGregor," announced he in a stentorian tone Frontispiece
Page
"The cotton is sent to factories to be ginned" [ 129]
"But that isn't our basket, Mother," Carl said. "This is much bigger" [ 155]
"I've hunted for you and your red car ever since" [ 253]