THE PUBLISHERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURTESY OF
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY (THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST), MAST, CROWELL AND KIRKPATRICK
(THE WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION), AND HARPER AND
BROTHERS, IN ALLOWING THE USE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Carcellini Emerald | [3] |
| An Author’s Reading and its Consequences | [77] |
| Leander of Betsy’s Pride | [103] |
| The Three Misses Benedict at Yale | [123] |
| A Girl of the Period | [169] |
| The Stolen Stradivarius | [205] |
| Wanted: A Chaperon | [287] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| “MAID? NEVER HAD SUCH A THING IN MY LIFE,” LAUGHED CECILY; “AND WHAT WOULD HA’ BEEN THE USE, WHEN MR. LENVALE WOULD INSIST ON ESCORTING ME.” | [Frontispiece] |
| “AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECK OUT HER BOARD WITH AN EFFECT.” | [80] |
| “MR. BLUDGEON HAD BETTER BE READ THAN SEEN.” | [88] |
| “NEED I SAY THAT IT GOES TO MY INMOST—” | [98] |
| THE THREE MISSES BENEDICT AT YALE. | [124] |
| “AND WITH GLOOM IN HIS HEART HE WENT BACK TO HIS LONELY ROOM AND LIFE.” | [154] |
| “RUSSELL REAPPEARED, BRINGING WITH HIM THE SODDEN FORM OF AGNES.” | [162] |
| “MY DEAR KATE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD PUT TO IT I AM TO MAKE ENDS MEET. I AM SO POOR IT IS A SCANDAL.” | [288] |
THE CARCELLINI EMERALD