Chapter I: Front Matter

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Chicken Little Jane

By Lily Munsell Ritchie

Publishers BARSE & HOPKINS New York, N. Y.--Newark, N. J.

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Copyright, 1920 By Barse & Hopkins

Adventures of Chicken Little Jane

Printed in the United States of America

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"To Olive F. Y. Dart, the kind friend who first encouraged me to write, I gratefully dedicate my first book."

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Alice and the Siege of Acre 11
II. The Millinery Store 29
III. The Duck Creek Treasure 45
IV. Chicken Little Jane and Her Mother 65
V. The Back-Yard Furnace 78
VI. The Wedding 91
VII. Chicken Little Jane and Dick Harding Play Providence 108
VIII. Christmas and the Day After 131
IX. Chicken Little Jane's Gift 150
X. Skating 163
XI. Chicken Little Jane's Birthday 176
XII. Poor Ernest and Poor Marian 189
XIII. Forbidden Books and Candy Hearts 205
XIV. May Baskets 219
XV. Thunder and Gooseberry Bushes 234
XVI. Letters and a Surprise 249
XVII. Cousin May's Party 260
XVIII. The Children Go Exploring 272
XIX. Things Happen 286
XX. Off To the Ranch 298

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Until the water was dripping from noses and chins Frontispiece

Facing Page By way of reply Katy opened the book and began 20 Wiping his eyes as the puffs came thicker 80 "Give her this on the train and--please carry it carefully" 154

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CHICKEN LITTLE JANE