Chapter M: E. Waller

AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE CITIZEN"

ILLUSTRATED BY
ELLEN BERNARD THOMPSON

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1903

_Copyright, 1903,_
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

Published October, 1903

UNIVERSITY PRESS
JOHN WILSON AND SON
CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

To
"MARTIE"

CONTENTS

I. Molasses Tea
II. Mrs. Blossom's Valentine
III. A Curious Case
IV. A Little Millionaire
V. Transplanted
VI. Malachi
VII. The N.B.B.O.O. Society
VIII. A Lively Correspondence
IX. The Prize Chicken
X. An Unexpected Meeting
XI. Jack
XII. Results
XIII. A Social Addition
XIV. The Lost Nation
XV. Wishing-Tree Secrets
XVI. A Christmas Prelude
XVII. Hunger-Ford
XVIII. Budd's Proposal
XIX. A Year And A Day
XX. Snow-Bound
XXI. A Little Daughter of the Rich
XXII. Rose
XXIII. "Behold how great a Matter a Little Fire Kindles"
XXIV. "Old Put"
XXV. San Juan
XXVI. Maria-Ann's Crusade
XXVII. "--The stars above, Shine ever on Love--"

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Hazel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

"'You can begin to drop that corn this very afternoon'"

"Rose was at the kitchen table, patting out the dough for the rolls"

"Hazel flung both arms around Mrs. Blossom's neck"

"'I want to tell you why I came up here'"

"The two girls leaned over the box as Hazel took off the wrapper"

A DAUGHTER OF THE RICH