The Mary Frances Story Book; or, Adventures Among the Story People

by Jane Eayre Fryer

THE TRIP TO STORY ISLAND
CHAPTER			PAGE
I.	On the Shore		[15]
II.	The Good Ferry Puts Out to Sea		[18]
III.	The Pirate’s Cat		[23]
IV.	The Story of the Lost Story		[26]
V.	Land Ahoy		[29]
VI.	The Old Witch and the Iron-Chain Curtain		[35]
VII.	Finding the Lost Story		[37]
VIII.	The Pirate Chases The Good Ferry		[42]
IX.	The Terrible Punishment of the Pirate and the Old Witch		[44]
X.	The Bubble Story	Anon.	[47]
STORIES TOLD THE FIRST DAY
XI.	Mischievous Anna and Peter	Anon.	[55]
XII.	Diamonds and Toads	Macé’s Fairy Tales	[61]
XIII.	The Magic Necklace	Macé’s Fairy Tales	[67]
XIV.	The Cat and the Carrots	Anon.	[73]
XV.	The Brahmin, the Tiger, and the Jackal	Hindu Folk Tale	[79]
XVI.	The Red Dragon	Anon.	[82]
XVII.	Two Poems		[84]
	If I Could Crow		[84]
	The Twins		[85]
XVIII.	Tiny’s Adventures in Tinytown		[87]
	Tiny Gets Lost		[88]
	Tiny Is Put in the Lock-up		[91]
	Tiny Is Adopted		[94]
	Tiny Discovers a Fire		[100]
XIX.	Tiny Has More Adventures		[102]
	Tiny Saves a Baby’s Life		[104]
	Tiny Goes Shopping		[107]
	Tiny’s Mother Finds Her		[111]
STORIES TOLD THE SECOND DAY
XX.	The Magic Mask	Old Tale—Retold	[119]
XXI.	The Closing Door	Maud Lindsay	[126]
XXII.	Tom Goes Down the Well	Neil Forest	[130]
XXIII.	Gloomy Gus and the Christmas Cat	Alfred Westfall	[139]
XXIV.	Patty and Her Pitcher	Crowquill’s Fairy Tales	[146]
	In the Magic Circle		[146]
	The Wonderful Pitcher		[147]
	The Well-dressed Stranger		[154]
	Patty in Trouble		[156]
	The Pitcher to the Rescue		[158]
THE STORIES OF THE THIRD DAY
XXV.	Sir Galahad	Sir Thomas Malory—Adapted	[165]
	King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table		[165]
	Galahad Receives the Order of Knighthood		[167]
	The Adventure of the Sword in the Stone		[168]
	Sir Galahad Sits in the Perilous Seat		[170]
	Sir Galahad Wins the Sword of Balin le Savage		[173]
	The Knights of the Round Table Set Out in Quest of the Holy Grail		[176]
	Sir Galahad Finds a White Shield with a Red Cross		[178]
	Sir Launcelot and Sir Percival Attack Sir Galahad		[182]
	The Adventure of the Gentlewoman, the Mysterious Ship, and the Sword of the Strange Belt		[185]
	The Gentlewoman Risks Her Life for Another		[191]
	Sir Galahad Meets a Knight in White Armor		[193]
	Sir Galahad Achieves His Quest, and Bears the Holy Grail Across the Sea		[195]
	The Passing of Sir Galahad, the End of Sir Percival, and the Return of Sir Bors to Camelot		[200]
XXVI.	How Sir Launfal Achieved the Holy Grail	James Russell Lowell—Retold	[203]
THE STORIES OF THE FOURTH DAY
XXVII.	Music Bewitched	Hartley Richards	[211]
	Bob’s Three Foes		[211]
	Father Pan’s Revenge		[215]
XXVIII.	Ann Catches a Thief	Daisy Gilbert	[219]
XXIX.	John and Margaret Paton Among Savages	Grace E. Craig	[226]
XXX.	The Strange Guest	Washington Irving—Retold from The Spectre Bridegroom	[233]
	The Wedding Feast		[240]
	The Midnight Music		[244]
XXXI.	Robert of Sicily	Henry W. Longfellow—Retold	[248]
XXXII.	The Man Without a Country	Edward Everett Hale—Retold	[254]
XXXIII.	Your Flag and My Flag	Wilbur D. Nesbit	[264]
THE LAST DAY ON STORY ISLAND
	The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home	Charles Dickens—Adapted	[271]
XXXIV.	Chirp the First		[271]
	The Peerybingles		[271]
	The Strange Old Gentleman		[274]
	Caleb Plummer		[277]
	Tackleton		[279]
	Dot is Upset		[281]
XXXV.	Chirp the Second		[285]
	Bertha, the Blind Girl, and Her Father		[285]
	Tackleton Comes In		[288]
	Bertha’s Eyes		[291]
	The Carrier’s Cart		[293]
	The Party at Caleb’s		[298]
	The Shadow on the Hearth		[302]
XXXVI.	Chirp the Third		[306]
	John Listens to the Cricket		[306]
	John Blames Himself		[308]
	Caleb Confesses His Deceit		[312]
	The Dead Returns to Life		[316]
	Tackleton Does the Unexpected		[321]
THE RETURN HOME
XXXVII.	Good-by, Mary Frances. Come Again!		[325]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

They Could See that the Pirate’s Ship was Keeping the Distance the Same as at First Between Them	[Frontispiece]
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Mary Frances Leaned Down and Caught Hold of His Fins	[21]
“Just Some Flying Fish,” Answered the Cat	[31]
She Fed Him a Little at a Time with a Medicine Dropper	[39]
On One of the Flowers was Perched a Tiny Fairy	[49]
They were as High Up in the Air as the Top of a Mountain	[57]
She Drank Long and Eagerly	[63]
He Threw the Necklace Around Coralie’s Neck	[69]
“Have You no Feelings?” said the Carrot	[75]
“Wow!” shrieked the Dragon	[82]
Just at Her Feet Lay the Tiniest Little Bit of a Town	[89]
The Pony Cantered All the Way Down the Street	[99]
She Ran as Fast as She Could and was Just in Time to Drag the Baby Out of the Way of the Wagon	[105]
“Mother!” she Cried. “Oh, Mother!”	[113]
The Magic Mask was Ready, and Herlo Tried It on the King’s Face	[123]
But All the United Efforts of Bess and Bob and Archie’s Left Arm could not Raise Tom	[135]
He Swung Down the Trail with a Speed that Mocked the Wind at His Back	[143]
She then Touched the Pitcher with Her Wand	[150]
“Be not Alarmed, Dear Mistress,” said the Pitcher	[157]
Immediately He Grasped the Sword by the Handle, But could not Stir It	[171]
Then Sir Galahad Took His Place in the Field	[175]
A Monk Led Him Behind the Altar where the Shield Hung as White as Snow, but in the Center was a Red Cross	[181]
The Damsel Rode as Fast as Her Horse would Gallop that Night and All The Next Day till They Came in Sight of the Sea	[187]
Slowly Sleep Came Upon Him and He Dreamed	[205]
Away Went the Schoolmaster’s Legs, Cutting such Capers as the World Never Looked Upon Before	[217]
Before the Door of a Low, Thatched Hut Stood a Fair-haired Young Woman	[227]
Once He Thought He Saw Them	[237]
A Tall Figure Stood Among the Shadows of the Trees	[243]
Toward the Very Last, Robert the Jester Rode on a Piebald Pony	[251]
He Flung the Book into the Sea	[257]
Your Flag and My Flag	[265]
“If You Please, I was to be Left till Called For”	[275]
There were Houses in It, Furnished and Unfurnished, for Dolls of All Stations in Life	[286]
They Jogged on for Some Time in Silence	[297]

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THE TRIP TO STORY ISLAND

ON THE SHORE.—THE GOOD FERRY PUTS OUT TO SEA.—THE PIRATE’S CAT.—THE LOST STORY.—LAND AHOY.—THE OLD WITCH AND THE IRON-CHAIN CURTAIN.—FINDING THE LOST STORY.—THE PIRATE CHASES THE GOOD FERRY.—THE TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT OF THE PIRATE AND THE OLD WITCH.—THE BUBBLE STORY.

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THE TRIP TO STORY ISLAND

I
ON THE SHORE