| “What’s this I hear about your going to College?” | [Frontispiece] |
| Mr. Jordan passed one hand swiftly up and down the shaggy bark of the tree | [48] |
| The rescue of Annabel by Will Carden | [74] |
| Will came every morning cross lots to meet her | [108] |
| Four months had done much to change Annabel | [130] |
| Trembling violently, he stared at the man pointed out as John Carden | [186] |
CHAPTER I.
WILL MEETS WITH A REBUKE.
“Here are your vegetables, Nora,” said Will Carden, as he scraped his feet upon the mat before the kitchen door of the “big house.”
“Come in, Masther Willyum,” called the cook, in her cheery voice.
So the boy obeyed the summons and pushed open the screen door, setting his basket upon the white table at Nora’s side.
“Oo, misery! but them pays is illegant,” she said, breaking open a green pod and eating the fresh, delicious contents. “Why, Masther Willyum, the bloom is on ’em yet.”
“I picked them myself, Nora,” the boy answered, with a pleased laugh, “and only a little while ago, at that. And you’ll find the tomatoes and the celery just as nice, I’m sure.”