Chapter L: H. Hammond

AUTHOR OF “THE MASTER-WORD,” “IN BLACK AND
WHITE,” ETC.

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COPYRIGHT, 1916,
BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY

To

LUCY AND CALDWELL

IN MEMORY OF THE WHEELED-CHAIR SUMMER
AT PEN-Y-BRYN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A COUNTRY CHILD 1
II. BIRD CORNERS 16
III. IN MAKE-BELIEVE 37
IV. THE DARK O’ THE YEAR 57
V. PREMONITIONS 81
VI. BEFORE THE DAWN 115
VII. SPRING MAGIC 126
VIII. BLACKBIRD DIPLOMACY 150
IX. THE PROOF OF COURAGE 169
X. THE ROUTING OF UNCLE JASON 186
XI. WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT 204
XII. IN THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT 229
XIII. WHILE THE NEST WAS BUILDING 241