CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. John's Girl [3]
II. The Steppe Children [16]
III. The Little Room—and Peggy [28]
IV. The Birthday [44]
V. Ninety-nine Negroes [58]
VI. The Bean Supper [71]
VII. The Locked Closet [87]
VIII. Letters and the Post Office [102]
IX. Huckleberries and New Friends [117]
X. Provincetown and a Walk in the Woods [134]
XI. Little Eva [147]
XII. Buddy Wants to Know [164]
XIII. Crabbing [180]
XIV. Elizabeth Is Rude [192]
XV. Picking Chickens [207]
XVI. Mother [220]
XVII. Elizabeth Is Scared [234]
XVIII. Elizabeth Shakes Hands [249]
XIX. Ruth [265]
XX. Good-bye [278]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
"'Nothing ever tasted so good to me in my life'" [Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
"'Do open it. I can hardly wait to see what you think of it.'" [50]
"'Oh! let's try them on'" [98]
"'I can't help being afraid of what's in this particular letter'" [202]
ELIZABETH, HER FOLKS
ELIZABETH, HER FOLKS