HER
FATHER’S
DAUGHTER
BY
GENE STRATTON-PORTER
Contents
| [I.] | “What Kind of Shoes are the Shoes You Wear?” |
| [II.] | Cotyledon of Multiflores Canyon |
| [III.] | The House of Dreams |
| [IV.] | Linda Starts a Revolution |
| [V.] | The Smoke of Battle |
| [VI.] | Jane Meredith |
| [VII.] | Trying Yucca |
| [VIII.] | The Bear-cat |
| [IX.] | One Hundred Per Cent Plus |
| [X.] | Katy to the Rescue |
| [XI.] | Assisting Providence |
| [XII.] | The Lay of the Land |
| [XIII.] | Leavening the Bread of Life |
| [XIV.] | Saturday’s Child |
| [XV.] | Linda’s Hearthstone |
| [XVI.] | Producing the Evidence |
| [XVII.] | A Rock and a Flame |
| [XVIII.] | Spanish Iris |
| [XIX.] | The Official Bug-Catcher |
| [XX.] | The Cap Sheaf |
| [XXI.] | Shifting the Responsibility |
| [XXII.] | The End of Marian’s Contest |
| [XXIII.] | The Day of Jubilee |
| [XXIV.] | Linda’s First Party |
| [XXV.] | Buena Moza |
| [XXVI.] | A Mouse Nest |
| [XXVII.] | The Straight and Narrow |
| [XXVIII.] | Putting It Up to Peter |
| [XXIX.] | Katy Unburdens Her Mind |
| [XXX.] | Peter’s Release |
| [XXXI.] | The End of Donald’s Contest |
| [XXXII.] | How the Wasp Built Her Nest |
| [XXXIII.] | The Lady of the Iris |
List of Characters
- Linda Strong, her Father’s Daughter
- Dr. Alexander Strong, a great Nerve Specialist
- Mrs. Strong, his Wife
- Eileen Strong, having Social Aspirations
- Mr. and Mrs. Thorne, neighbors of the Strongs
- Marian Thorne, a Dreamer of Houses
- John Gilman, a Man of Law
- Peter Morrison, an Author
- Henry Anderson, an Architect
- Donald Whiting, a High School Senior
- Mary Louise Whiting, his Sister
- Judge and Mrs. Whiting, a Man of Law and a Woman of Culture
- Katherine O’Donovan, the Strong Cook
- Oka Sayye, a High School Senior
- JAmes Heitman, accidentally rich
- Mrs. Caroline Heitman, his Wife
CHAPTER I
“What Kind of Shoes Are the Shoes You Wear?”
“What makes you wear such funny shoes?”
Linda Strong thrust forward a foot and critically examined the narrow vamp, the projecting sole, the broad, low heel of her well-worn brown calf-skin shoe. Then her glance lifted to the face of Donald Whiting, one of the most brilliant and popular seniors of the High School. Her eyes narrowed in a manner habitual to her when thinking intently.