[CHAPTER I.]
Edith Tries to Explain[5]
[CHAPTER II.]
What Mrs. Howell told them[14]
[CHAPTER III.]
Marty Gets Started[21]
[CHAPTER IV.]
Wholes instead of Tenths[29]
[CHAPTER V.]
The Ebony Chair[39]
[CHAPTER VI.]
The Empty Box[46]
[CHAPTER VII.]
How Missions Helped the Home Folks[54]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
“Not in the Good Times”[61]
[CHAPTER IX.]
Jennie[72]
[CHAPTER X.]
Laura Amelia[82]
[CHAPTER XI.]
The Good Shepherd[91]
[CHAPTER XII.]
“Now Don't Forget!”[99]
[CHAPTER XIII.]
Off to the Mountains[108]
[CHAPTER XIV.]
A Plan and a Talk[115]
[CHAPTER XV.]
The Mountain Mission-Band[126]
[CHAPTER XVI.]
A Flower Sale[135]
[CHAPTER XVII.]
Weeding[144]
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
The Hotel Missionary Meeting[156]
[CHAPTER XIX.]
The Garden Missionary Meeting[166]
[CHAPTER XX.]
Cousin Alice's Zenana Work[177]
[CHAPTER XXI.]
Rosa Stevenson's Sister[189]
[Devotional Books.]

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MISSIONARY TWIG.

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CHAPTER I.

EDITH TRIES TO EXPLAIN.

“I do think Edith is the queerest girl I ever saw in all my life!” said Marty Ashford.

“Don't jump up and down behind my chair that way, Marty,” said her mother; “you shake me so that I can scarcely hold my needle. What does Edith do that is so queer?”