Leaning over the edge of the porch she dropped the bundle soundlessly into a bed of marigolds. ([Page 13])

BARBARA LADD

BY

CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

AUTHOR OF
THE KINDRED OF THE WILD, THE HEART OF THE
ANCIENT WOOD, A SISTER TO EVANGELINE,
POEMS, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK VERBECK

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS