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