W. A. WILDE COMPANY
BOSTON CHICAGO
Copyright, 1905
By W. A. Wilde Company
All rights reserved
To
the dear friend of my childhood
and later years
Mrs. William W. Crouch
Contents
| I. | [A Little Pilgrim Begins a Journey] | 11 |
| II. | [Marian's First Day in School] | 19 |
| III. | [She Goes to Church] | 27 |
| IV. | [Aunt Amelia] | 40 |
| V. | [Marian's New Home] | 48 |
| VI. | [That Yellow Cucumber] | 58 |
| VII. | [An Undeserving Child] | 66 |
| VIII. | [In the Name of Santa Claus] | 73 |
| IX. | [At the Rich Man's Table] | 83 |
| X. | [A Game of Sliced Birds] | 94 |
| XI. | [The Way of the Transgressor] | 105 |
| XII. | [Marian's Diary] | 127 |
| XIII. | [Diphtheria] | 146 |
| XIV. | [Musical Conversations] | 163 |
| XV. | [Little Sister to the Dandelion] | 173 |
| XVI. | [Professor Lee, Botanist] | 185 |
| XVII. | [The Composition on Wild Flowers] | 192 |
| XVIII. | [Marian's Letter Home] | 199 |
| XIX. | [The Most Truthful Child in School] | 204 |
| XX. | [More Changes] | 215 |
| XXI. | [Marian Remembers Her Diary] | 220 |
| XXII. | [Florence Weston's Mother] | 231 |
| XXIII. | [How Marian Crossed the Rainbow Bridge] | 241 |
CHAPTER I
A LITTLE PILGRIM BEGINS A JOURNEY