W. L. DODGE

CHICAGO
MORRILL, HIGGINS & CO.


COPYRIGHT:
MORRILL, HIGGINS & CO.
1892


CONTENTS.

A Ripple of Dissension and What Came of It,[11]
The Story of Eve,[19]
The Abraham-Hagar Affair,[29]
Isaac's Wife,[47]
A Woman's Monument,[67]
Another of the Women of Old,[83]
All Naughty, But Fair,[97]
Story of Some Women and a Baby,[107]
Another of "The Mistakes of Moses,"[123]
Some Managing Women,[135]
Another Group of Them,[151]
The Famous Widow of Moab,[163]
He Gave It Up Too,[175]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

[I hummed a gay little tune for his benefit,]Frontispiece.
[He held my milk-white hand in his,]13
[Our first parents,]17
[While Adam was idly, lazily sunning himself in the garden,]25
[The Serpent did tempt me,]28
[And the men watched to see her go by,]33
[And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house,]37
[Abraham entertaining the three angels,]41
[And he sent Hagar and Ishmael out into the wilderness,]43
[And Abraham went down to Egypt,]44
[Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher,]55
[I will go,]58
[Two little boys played marbles,]59
[Esau cheated out of his blessing,]62
[And Rebekah was—a woman,]64
[And there came two angels to Sodom,]69
[And Lot went out and tried to pacify them,]71
[Lot's wife looked back,]75
[Look not behind thee,]80
[Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept,]87
[And Jacob served seven years for Rachel,]89
[She hoped he would excuse her for not arising,]94
[Put up his hands in welcome and said "Ah, goo! ah goo!"]115
[And every kiss strengthened her determination,]119
[They clasped hands lingeringly and said a soft good night,]129
[Alas, my lord, I beseech thee,]132
[What would'st thou?]139
[She let them down from the window of her house,]143
[She smote the nail into his temples,]145
[Cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head,]147
[And she betrayed him,]149
[Turned her pretty head aside and blushed,]170
[And Boaz and Ruth were married,]173
[And I said—]180