Chapter I: Front Matter

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BROTHER BILLY

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BROTHER BILLY

Works of
Frances Margaret Fox

Farmer Brown and the Birds $ .50
The Little Giant's Neighbours .50
Mother Nature's Little Ones .50
Betty of Old Mackinaw .50
Brother Billy .50
Little Lady Marjorie 1.50

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
New England Building
Boston, Mass.

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(_See page 31_)

Cosy Corner Series

BROTHER BILLY

by

FRANCES MARGARET FOX

Author of "Farmer Brown and the Birds," "Little Lady Marjorie," "Betty of Old Mackinaw," etc.

Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry

Boston L. C. Page & Company 1905

Copyright, 1904 By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated)

All rights reserved

Published October, 1904

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

TO
MY DEAREST ONE
=Lee Everett Joslyn, Jr.=

CHAPTER PAGE
I. ENTERTAINING AUNT FLORENCE 1
II. INDIANS 8
III. BILLY GOES SWIMMING 24
IV. THE STEAM-TUG BILLY 35
V. ANTOINE LEBRINN 53
VI. ORANGES 67
VII. MINNAVAVANA'S BRAVES 72
VIII. ANTOINE'S BEAR STORIES 82
IX. UNCLE JOHN'S "OLD TIMER" 97
X. FISHING THROUGH THE ICE 105
XI. CHRISTMAS EVE 119

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"'THAT'S MY AUNT FLORENCE'S LOCKET,'"
(_See page 31_) _Frontispiece_
"'ISN'T IT QUEER ABOUT INDIAN TRAILS?'" 10
"EVERYTHING HE WORE WAS NEW" 34
"HE HELD BILLY ON HIS KNEE" 54
"WATCHING FROM BEHIND THE NORTH WALL
OF THE EVERGREEN FORT" 76
"THERE WAS MERRIMENT WITHIN THE EVERGREEN
FORT" 77
"SAMONE" 83
"BETTY ... WROTE HER PLEDGE" 109
"LIFTING HER IN HIS ARMS" 127

BROTHER BILLY