BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1921
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY EMMA C. DOWD
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO MY FRIEND
JULIA DARLING PECK
IN HAPPY MEMORY OF
SHELBURNE SUMMERS
CONTENTS
| I. | “Why don’t you laugh?” | [1] |
| II. | The Letter | [8] |
| III. | David makes a Request | [15] |
| IV. | The Birthday Fête | [21] |
| V. | “I will take care of Paradise Ward” | [32] |
| VI. | “Maybe” | [41] |
| VII. | Gladys Guinevere | [52] |
| VIII. | Couches of Clover | [58] |
| IX. | No. 45678 | [64] |
| X. | The Top of the World | [71] |
| XI. | Dr. Abbe | [79] |
| XII. | Patricia and a Few Others | [85] |
| XIII. | What Sardis said | [93] |
| XIV. | Paradise Ward on Wheels | [100] |
| XV. | The First Day | [115] |
| XVI. | Benedicta makes it go | [124] |
| XVII. | A Picture and a Message | [129] |
| XVIII. | An Attempt at Matchmaking | [135] |
| XIX. | An Uninvited Guest and a Mystery | [146] |
| XX. | The Telegram | [155] |
| XXI. | “Ten Little Girls” and Sardis Merrifield | [164] |
| XXII. | A Little Lame Duck | [177] |
| XXIII. | In the “Garden of Eden” | [187] |
| XXIV. | Rosalind Ferne | [195] |
| XXV. | The Storm | [207] |
| XXVI. | Clementina asks Questions | [217] |
| XXVII. | The Butterfly Lady stays | [223] |
| XXVIII. | Benedicta’s Opportunity | [239] |
| XXIX. | Trouble in the Kitchen | [251] |
| XXX. | The New Cook | [259] |