God hath made of one blood all nations
of men to dwell on the face of the earth.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| A Letter to the One Who Reads this Book | [xi] | |
| I. | The Golden Girl | [1] |
| II. | The Round Robin Club | [12] |
| III. | Fairy Ring | [21] |
| IV. | Dick’s Clambake | [39] |
| V. | Midsummer Eve | [65] |
| VI. | The Patchwork Quilt | [81] |
| VII. | Sal Seguin | [100] |
| VIII. | Idlewild | [115] |
| IX. | Nelly Sackett’s Home | [124] |
| X. | A Real Hero | [135] |
| XI. | The Eagle’s Nest | [146] |
| XII. | Lost | [162] |
| XIII. | Another Side | [176] |
| XIV. | Costumes | [184] |
| XV. | Tante’s Birthday Party | [199] |
| XVI. | Neighbors | [218] |
| XVII. | Mystery | [228] |
| XVIII. | Fire | [243] |
| XIX. | News | [254] |
| XX. | Law and Liberty | [269] |
| XXI. | Cousins | [279] |
| XXII. | A Chip of the Old Block | [292] |
| XXIII. | A Beginning | [306] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| It seemed empty | [Frontispiece] |
| Facing page | |
| “Look!” whispered Cicely | [59] |
| But nothing answered | [71] |
| Nancy clung close to the trunk | [159] |
| A fairy creature—a gnome—a gypsy queen | [207] |
| “Why it’s sage” | [263] |
A Letter to the One Who Reads This Book
Dear Schoolmate:
This is a stay-at-home story, the only one in our series. We have been to Greece and Spain, to Russia, Germany, and France, to Belgium, to Japan, to Ireland and Mexico, to Armenia and Scotland and Italy. We played with the royal children in the palace of the Tsar, before their great tragedy touched them; we went to school in Paris with Geneviève, and in Aintab with Archag, and out to domestic service with Mattina in Athens; we sang Spanish riddles with Pilarica, and listened to Scottish hero-tales with the young Laird; we lived in a Mexican cave and sailed in a Japanese boat; we spent Christmas in Germany, before the War; we tramped the roads of Ireland with gay Finn, before the revolution; we followed Pieter when he fought for his Belgium; and we came home from the Italian victory in a little Sicilian cart of many colors. And now we are going to stay at home and live as Americans live, and get acquainted with ourselves and each other.