NEW YORK
SULLY AND KLEINTEICH
Copyright, 1915, by
SULLY AND KLEINTEICH
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | What Daddy Had Written | [ 1] |
| II. | A Vista of New Possibilities | [ 10] |
| III. | Something New | [ 20] |
| IV. | A Very Civil Engineer | [ 29] |
| V. | “The World’s Run Mad” | [ 38] |
| VI. | A Rift In Her Happiness | [ 48] |
| VII. | The Desire of Aunt Mira’s Heart | [ 58] |
| VIII. | The City Girl | [ 67] |
| IX. | Annette Bowman | [ 79] |
| X. | Polktown’s New Awakening | [ 88] |
| XI. | The Breach Widens | [ 97] |
| XII. | “Them Trimminses” | [ 106] |
| XIII. | The Lawn Party | [ 117] |
| XIV. | One Saturday Afternoon | [ 126] |
| XV. | A Grist of Small Happenings | [ 136] |
| XVI. | Little Lottie’s Home-Coming | [ 148] |
| XVII. | An Errand of Mercy | [ 158] |
| XVIII. | The Elder’s Indignation | [ 166] |
| XIX. | The First Snow of the Season | [ 178] |
| XX. | The Barn Dance | [ 191] |
| XXI. | After the Dance | [ 201] |
| XXII. | Dark Days | [ 207] |
| XXIII. | A Quick Convalescence | [ 221] |
| XXIV. | Financial Troubles | [ 226] |
| XXV. | The Elder’s Awakening | [ 233] |
| XXVI. | “A Run for His Money” | [ 240] |
| XXVII. | The Echo Again | [ 250] |
| XXVIII. | What Might Have Been Known Before | [ 271] |
| XXIX. | Looking for Janice | [ 283] |
| XXX. | “Jingle Bells!” | [ 294] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| “Did you come to look for me, too?”(See page [293].) | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Janice leaped out of her car and ran toward thefrightened horse. (See page [79].) | [ 80] |
| The old Elder, towering like a figure of wrath,scowled at Janice | [ 172] |
| “Go on! Go on!” the Elder was yelling. (Seepage [243].) | [ 244] |
THE TESTING OF
JANICE DAY
CHAPTER I
WHAT DADDY HAD WRITTEN
Bang! bang! bang!