Chapter I: Front Matter

HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY

THE

HILDEGARDE-MARGARET SERIES

By Laura E. Richards

Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume, $1.75

Queen Hildegarde
Hildegarde's Holiday
Hildegarde's Home
Hildegarde's Neighbors
Hildegarde's Harvest
Three Margarets
Margaret Montfort
Peggy
Rita
Fernley House
The Merryweathers

_The above eleven volumes boxed as a set, $19.25_

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
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THE HILDEGARDE SERIES

Hildegarde's Holiday

A STORY FOR GIRLS

BY

LAURA E. RICHARDS

Author of

"The Margaret Series," "The Hildegarde Series,"
"Captain January," "Melody," "Five
Minute Stories," etc.

ILLUSTRATED

THE PAGE COMPANY

BOSTON PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1891_
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT

Made in U. S. A.

Twenty-fourth Impression, May, 1927
Twenty-fifth Impression, January, 1930

THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

_To H. R._

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTORY 11

II. MISS WEALTHY 20

III. THE ORCHARD 34

IV. THE DOCTORS 53

V. ON THE RIVER 74

VI. A MORNING DRIVE 94

VII. A "STORY EVENING" 126

VIII. FLOWER-DAY 151

IX. BROKEN FLOWERS 178

X. THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD 201

XI. "UP IN THE MORNING EARLY" 222

XII. BENNY 241

XIII. A SURPRISE 254

XIV. TELEMACHUS GOES A-FISHING 278

XV. THE GREAT SCHEME 300

XVI. THE WIDOW BRETT 314

XVII. OLD MR. COLT 337

XVIII. JOYOUS GARD 354

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE "'DO TELL US ABOUT HER, PLEASE!'" (p. 128) _Frontispiece_ "'AND EVERYTHING IS RIGHT FOR SUPPER, MARTHA?'" 23 "'DO SAY IT'S ALL RIGHT, JEREMIAH!'" 77 "THEN THEY HUGGED EACH OTHER A LITTLE" 111 "'DON'T YOU THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH FLOWERS, ROSY?'" 174 "SO DOWN PLUMPED HILDEGARDE" 194 "'OH, SUCH A DEE OLE KITTY!'" 247 "'NOT A THING IN THE HOUSE!'" 333

HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY.