TO

MY YOUNG FRIEND,

BESSIE BAKER.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I A Queer Idea[9]
II Pride and Oranges[26]
III Borrowed Jewels[37]
IV Going to Housekeeping[54]
V Mother Hubbard's Dinner[73]
VI Prudy in a New Light[88]
VII A Fly in Trinity Church[105]
VIII Dotty's Windpipe[121]
IX Two Live Children[138]
X "Riding on Jack Frost"[150]
XI The Jewel Cabinet[167]
XII "Folded Eyes"[182]

PRUDY KEEPING HOUSE.

CHAPTER I.