Ethel Morton at Sweetbrier Lodge

by Mabell S. C. Smith

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ETHEL MORTON
AT SWEETBRIER
LODGE

By
MABELL S. C. SMITH

THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Cleveland, Ohio New York, N. Y.

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE [I A New Craft] 9 [II Playing with Concrete] 25 [III The Club Selects the Benches] 37 [IV Christopher Finds a New Lodging] 52 [V The Law of Laughter] 67 [VI Spring All the Year Round] 80 [VII Closets and Stepmothers] 94 [VIII “Off to Philadelphia in the Morning”] 104 [IX Helen Distinguishes Herself] 122 [X The Land of “Cat-fish and Waffles”] 136 [XI Lights and a Fall] 150 [XII In the Family Hospital] 162 [XIII A Golden Color Scheme] 173 [XIV At the Metropolitan] 184 [XV Preparations for the Housewarming] 203 [XVI Columbus Day] 219 [XVII The Parting Breakfast] 234

CHAPTER I
A NEW CRAFT

“Carefully! O, do be careful, Ethel Brown! I’m so afraid I’ll drop one of them!”