To

MY TRUSTY AND WELL-BELOVED DAUGHTER

EVELYN GREENLEAF FLEBBE

CONTENTS

I.[Strangers on the Limited]
II.[Mildred, Mistress of Ceremonies]
III.[A Bond in Common]
IV.[The Big Idea]
V.[Turned-About Girls]
VI.[Claimed and Called For]
VII.[Like a Dream]
VIII.[Music in the Twilight]
IX.[Penelope Unbends]
X.[The Capture of a Half-Aunt]
XI.[On the Road to Longmeadow]
XII.[New Relations]
XIII.[“Call Me Jackie!”]
XIV.[The End of a Perfect Day]
XV.[Two Pennies to Spend]
XVI.[A Fair Encounter]
XVII.[Over the Teacups]
XVIII.[Over the Darning Basket]
XIX.[The Price of Temper]
XX.[According to Agreement]
XXI.[An Hour to Try the Soul]
XXII.[Penelope Takes Alarm]
XXIII.[Through the Darkness]
XXIV.[Never Again]
XXV.[On a Night of Tempest]
XXVI.[The Serpent of Remorse]
XXVII.[Against a Closed Door]
XXVIII.[The Utterly Impossible]
XXIX.[So Much for So Much]
XXX.[Sleepy-Head]
XXXI.[A Letter from Alaska]
XXXII.[The Horns of a Dilemma]
XXXIII.[In the House of Her Kinsfolk]
XXXIV.[A Business Transaction]
XXXV.[Eleanor Joins the Party]
XXXVI.[Cornered]
XXXVII.[One Way Out]
XXXVIII.[All on a Summer Afternoon]
XXXIX.[The End of a Journey]
XL.[Turn About Again!]
XLI.[Night of Judgment]
XLII.[Pride and Penelope]
XLIII.[In the Meadows]
XLIV.[“Happy Ever After!”]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[But just as she reached the Gap, Caroline came pattering out of the dark and clutched her—]