Chapter I: Front Matter

ASA HOLMES

ANNIE.FELLOWS.JOHNSTON

Asa Holmes

or

At the Cross-roads

Works of

Annie Fellows Johnston

The Little Colonel Series

(_Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of._)

Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel Stories $1.50

(Containing in one volume the three stories, "The
Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little
Knights of Kentucky.")

The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50
The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50
The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50
The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50

The above 8 vols., _boxed_ 12.00

Illustrated Holiday Editions

Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in color

The Little Colonel $1.25
The Giant Scissors 1.25
Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25

The above 3 vols., _boxed_ 3.75

Cosy Corner Series

Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel $.50
The Giant Scissors .50
Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50
Big Brother .50
Ole Mammy's Torment .50
The Story of Dago .50
Cicely .50
Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50
The Quilt that Jack Built .50
Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50
Mildred's Inheritance .50

Other Books

Joel; A Boy of Galilee $1.50
In the Desert of Waiting .50
The Three Weavers .50
Keeping Tryst .50
Asa Holmes 1.00
Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
200 Summer Street Boston, Mass.

Asa Holmes

or

At the Cross=Roads

By

Annie Fellows Johnston

Author of

"The Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights
of Kentucky," etc.

With a Frontispiece by
Ernest Fosbery

Boston
L.C. Page & Company
Publishers

_Copyright, 1900, 1901_
BY E. S. BARNETT

_Copyright, 1902_
BY L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY

(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

_Seventh Impression_

Colonial Press

Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

TO

A Dear Old Philosopher

WHOSE CHEERFUL OPTIMISM AND SUNNY FAITH HAVE
SWEETENED LIFE FOR ALL WHO KNOW HIM

Asa Holmes

or

At the Cross-roads