CONTENTS

I.[ INTRODUCING THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS]11
II.[ BROTHERLY WAYS]21
III.[ CALVIN'S STORY]38
IV.[ THE CANDY ROUTE]48
V.[ CONCERNING PEPPERMINTS]63
VI.[ BOARD AND LODGING]76
VII.[ MATCH-MAKING]88
VIII.[ "PLAYING S'POSE"]101
IX.[ CANDY-MAKING]120
X.[ JOHN ALDEN--WITH A DIFFERENCE]134
XI.[ CONCERNING TRADE]148
XII.[ CALVIN'S WATERLOO]160
XIII.[ MERRY CHRISTMAS]187
XIV.[ AT LAST!]204
XV.[ BY WAY OF CONTRAST]219
XVI.[ TOIL AND TROUBLE]238
XVII.[ NIGHT]252
XVIII.[ MORNING]259

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ CALVIN PARKS.]Frontispiece
[ "HE LOOKED FROM ONE TWIN TO THE OTHER, HALF AMUSED, HALF INDIGNANT."]40
[ "CALVIN REGARDED THEM BENEVOLENTLY."]49
[ MR. CHEESEMAN.]120
[ "'HOLD ON, MISS HANDS!' SAID CALVIN, AS SHE MOVED
TOWARD THE DOOR."
]
137
[ "'THEN I HOVE HIM BACK INTO THE DRIFT TO COOL
OFF A SPELL.'"
]
188
[ MARY SANDS.]204
[ "THEN WITH ONE SWIFT MOTION, CALVIN TRANSFERRED
THE PIE FROM HIS PLATE TO THE STOVE."
]
233

THE WOOING OF
CALVIN PARKS

CHAPTER I