CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Family Confab | [1] |
| II. | A Floral Welcome | [15] |
| III. | The Lady Arrives | [27] |
| IV. | The Ides of March | [41] |
| V. | Remorseful Romans | [54] |
| VI. | Letters and Cards | [68] |
| VII. | A Jinks Party | [81] |
| VIII. | Romps and Rhymes | [95] |
| IX. | Willing Helpers | [110] |
| X. | On the Way Home | [121] |
| XI. | A Friend in Need | [133] |
| XII. | The House on Spruce Street | [146] |
| XIII. | A Birthday Plan | [160] |
| XIV. | Henderson Palace | [174] |
| XV. | A Fine Celebration | [189] |
| XVI. | Window Boxes | [203] |
| XVII. | Delightful Anticipations | [216] |
| XVIII. | The Arbor Day Festival | [230] |
| XIX. | The Contest | [244] |
| XX. | A Spring Ramble | [258] |
[Transcriber’s Notes] can be found at the end of this eBook.
MARJORIE IN COMMAND
CHAPTER I
A FAMILY CONFAB
“Well,” said Marjorie, “I think it’s too perfectly, awfully, horribly dreadful for anything in all this world!”
“I do, too,” agreed King. “It’s a calamity, and a catastrophe and a cat,—a cata—cataclysm!”
“Of course it is,” said Kitty, who was philosophical. “But as it’s all settled, and we’ve got to live through it, we may as well make the best of it.”
“The best of it!” grumbled King; “there isn’t any best! It’s all outrageously horrid, and that’s all there is about it! I don’t see how we can stand it.”