PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1897

Copyright, 1897,
BY
J. B. Lippincott Company.

TO THE DEAR SHARERS OF ALL MY JOYS
AND SORROWS,
MY WARMEST ADMIRERS, MY
LIFE-LONG LOVERS, MY MOST-CHERISHED
COMPANIONS,
MARY AND LUCY,
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH
TENDER RETROSPECTION AND
DEEP AFFECTION BY
THEIR SISTER,
AMY E. BLANCHARD.

Philadelphia, 1897.

CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.
PAGE
How they lived[7]

CHAPTER II.
All-Hallowe’en[18]

CHAPTER III.
What won a Bicycle[30]

CHAPTER IV.
The Club[41]

CHAPTER V.
An Error of Judgment[55]

CHAPTER VI.
Mrs. Dixon’s Invitation[66]

CHAPTER VII.
The Tea[77]

CHAPTER VIII.
Complications[90]

CHAPTER IX.
Trouble for Two[101]

CHAPTER X.
More about Annis[114]

CHAPTER XI.
Summer Days[125]

CHAPTER XII.
Little Ruth[138]

CHAPTER XIII.
After the Gale[149]

CHAPTER XIV.
New Beginnings[162]

CHAPTER XV.
A Spring Meeting[174]

CHAPTER XVI.
The First Break[185]

CHAPTER XVII.
Pastures New[197]

CHAPTER XVIII.
A Pilgrimage[208]

CHAPTER XIX.
The Old Desk[220]

CHAPTER XX.
Wings to fly[233]

ILLUSTRATIONS.