Chapter I: Front Matter

MARY WARE'S PROMISED LAND

Works of
ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

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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 Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 1.50
Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum 1.50
Mary Ware in Texas 1.50
Mary Ware's Promised Land 1.50
The above 12 vols., _boxed_, as a set 18.00

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The Little Colonel Good Times Book 1.50
The Little Colonel Doll Book 1.50

Illustrated Holiday Editions

Each one vol. small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in colour

The Little Colonel $1.25
The Giant Scissors 1.25
Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25
Big Brother 1.25

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
The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50
The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50
The Jester's Sword .50
Asa Holmes 1.00
Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 1.25

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L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

Mary Ware's Promised Land

By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother," "Ole Mammy's Torment," "Joel: A Boy of Galilee," "Asa Holmes," "Travelers Five on Life's Highway," etc.

Illustrated by JOHN GOSS

BOSTON L. C. PAGE
& COMPANY MDCCCCXII

_Copyright_, 1912,
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY.
(INCORPORATED)

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

_All rights reserved_

First Impression, October, 1912

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

TO

MISS FANNY CRAIG

THE "MISS ALLISON" OF THESE STORIES, WHOSE "ROAD OF THE LOVING HEART" RUNS WIDE AND FAR THROUGH ALL THIS HAPPY VALLEY

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A SEEKER OF NEW TRAILS 1
II. BACK AT LONE-ROCK 24
III. A NEW FRIEND 51
IV. THE WITCH WITH A WAND 68
V. P STANDS FOR PINK 91
VI. TOLD IN LETTERS 111
VII. A DESERT OF WAITING 126
VIII. A GREAT SORROW 144