The Walcott Twins

by Lucile Lovell

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Gay and May	[5]
II	The First Separation	[11]
III	Just for Fun	[16]
IV	A Remarkable Household	[23]
V	More Confusion	[30]
VI	Being a Boy	[37]
VII	Being a Girl	[44]
VIII	A Scene at Rose Cottage	[49]
IX	Saw and Axe	[56]
X	A Course of Training	[62]
XI	The Training Begins	[68]
XII	A Silver-haired Lady	[75]
XIII	A Plan that Failed	[82]
XIV	The Boy Predominates	[89]
XV	Gay's Popularity Begins	[97]
XVI	A Squad of One	[106]
XVII	Concerning Philip	[114]
XVIII	Dark Days	[122]
XIX	The Event of the Season	[130]
XX	The Belle of Hazelnook	[141]
XXI	The Sky Brightens	[151]
XXII	The Dearest Girl	[162]
XXIII	A Great Game	[172]
XXIV	The Idol Totters	[181]
XXV	The Girls make Peace	[189]
XXVI	All's Right Again	[194]
XXVII	Happy People	[199]

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THE WALCOTT TWINS

CHAPTER I
GAY AND MAY

The Mistress of the house lay among her pillows, her brows drawn into the nearest semblance of a frown that her gentle countenance could assume. Nurse—bearing a tiny, moving bundle of muslin and flannel—and the father were at the bedside.

The father's forehead wore an unmistakable frown. It was evident that something displeased him, but who would have dreamed that it was the gurgling mite in the flannel blanket? Yet he pointed in that direction as he said,—

"Take him away. He has made trouble enough."

"H'indeed, Mr. Walcott," cried nurse, "'E's the best baby h'I' ave ever seen h'in this 'ouse! 'E's never cried before."

"Take him away!" repeated the father, still frowning. "He may be the best baby in the world—a future President of the United States, even,—but he can't stay in this room another minute. Do you understand?"