"Oh," cried Gail in quick sympathy, "what a feeble old creature! It is a shame she has to beg her living. Where is my purse?"
CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I. EXPLORING THE NEW HOME]
[CHAPTER II. THE FLAG ROOM]
[CHAPTER III. CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE CAMPBELLS]
[CHAPTER IV. A ZEALOUS LITTLE MISSIONARY]
[CHAPTER V. AN UNEXPECTED INVITATION]
[CHAPTER VI. PEACE'S SPRING VACATION]
[CHAPTER VII. A VOICE FROM THE LILAC BUSHES]
[CHAPTER VIII. A PICNIC IN THE ENCHANTED GARDEN]
[CHAPTER IX. GIUSEPPE NICOLI AND THE MONKEY]
[CHAPTER X. THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL]
[CHAPTER XI. PEACE FINDS NEW PLAYMATES]
[CHAPTER XII. A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM]
[CHAPTER XIII. CHILDREN'S DAY AT HILL STREET CHURCH]
[CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE FOURTH OF JULY MONEY WAS SPENT]
[CHAPTER XV. PEACE GIVES THE LILAC LADY AN IDEA]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE LILAC LADY FALLS ASLEEP]
THE LILAC LADY
CHAPTER I
EXPLORING THE NEW HOME
Two days after the night of the memorable surprise party in the little brown house, the place stood dismantled and deserted under the naked, shivering trees, good-byes had been spoken, and the six smiling sisters had driven away from their Parker home amid much fluttering of handkerchiefs and waving of hands. Everyone was sorry to see them go, yet all rejoiced in the great good fortune which had befallen the little orphan brood. Even after the Judge's carriage, which was to take them to the station, disappeared around the bend of the creek road, the enthusiastic crowd of friends and neighbors clustered about the sagging gate continued to shout their joking warnings and happy wishes upon the crisp, frosty, morning air.