Chapter I: Front Matter

FLIP'S

"ISLANDS
OF
PROVIDENCE"

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

COSY CORNER SERIES

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FLIP'S "ISLANDS OF
PROVIDENCE"

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 Allison Fellows Bacon) 1.00

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

Cosy Corner Series

FLIP'S "ISLANDS
OF PROVIDENCE"

By

Annie Fellows Johnston

Author of "Asa Holmes," "The Little Colonel Stories,"
"Big Brother," etc.

_Illustrated by_
E. F. Bonsall

"_I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;_"
--_Whittier_

_Boston_
_L.C. Page & Company_
_Publishers_

_Copyright, 1902_
BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD
OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK

_Copyright, 1903_
By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
_All rights reserved_

Published August, 1903

_Fourth Impression, February, 1907_

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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"'ALEC,' HE SAID, PAUSING IN THE DOORWAY,
'WHAT'S A GREEN GOODS MAN?'" (_See page 75_)
_Frontispiece_

"'YOU'RE BOUND TO HEAR IT SOMETIME'" 19

"'THE LORD HAS CERTAINLY SENT YOU,
DICK'" 57

"HE MADE SEVERAL RAPID CALCULATIONS ON
THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE" 109

"'IT'S THE FIRST MONEY I EVER EARNED IN
MY LIFE,' SHE SAID, GLEEFULLY" 117

"HIS HAND WENT UP INVOLUNTARILY TOWARD
HIS HAT" 145

"HE BLURTED OUT HIS TROUBLE IN BROKEN
SENTENCES" 161

"'IT WAS THAT UNLUCKY GOLD COIN'" 177

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FLIP'S "ISLANDS OF
PROVIDENCE"