Chapter I: Front Matter

PEGGY RAYMOND'S WAY

_Or_

BLOSSOM TIME AT FRIENDLY TERRACE

_The Friendly Terrace Series_

BY

HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH

_The Girls of Friendly Terrace_ $1.65
_Peggy Raymond's Vacation_ 1.65
_Peggy Raymond's School Days_ 1.65
_The Friendly Terrace Quartette_ 1.65
_Peggy Raymond's Way_ 1.75

THE PAGE COMPANY
53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

_The Friendly Terrace Series_

PEGGY RAYMOND'S WAY

Or, Blossom Time at Friendly Terrace

BY
HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH
Author of "The Girls of Friendly Terrace,"
"Peggy Raymond's Vacation," "Peggy
Raymond's School Days," "The
Friendly Terrace Quartette,"
etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK T. MERRILL

BOSTON THE PAGE
COMPANY MDCCCCXXII

_Copyright, 1922_,
BY THE PAGE COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

Made in U. S. A.

First Impression, August, 1922

PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY
BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I WHAT'S IN A NAME? 1
II A TELEPHONE PARTY 22
III A TRIUMPH OF ART 39
IV AN AFTERNOON CALL 59
V THE RUMMAGE SALE 69
VI PRISCILLA HAS A SECRET 85
VII THE FRIENDLY TERRACE ORPHANAGE 98
VIII THE LONGEST WEEK ON RECORD 113
IX THE MOST WONDERFUL THING IN THE WORLD 129
X MISTRESS AND MAID 143
XI QUITE INFORMAL 156
XII GOOD-BY 169
XIII PEGGY GIVES A DINNER PARTY 186
XIV AT THE FOOT-BALL GAME 201
XV THE CURE 215
XVI DELIVERANCE 230
XVII PEGGY COMES TO A DECISION 241
XVIII A PARTIAL ECLIPSE 252
XIX THE END OF SCHOOL LIFE 268
XX A SURPRISE 284
XXI A MISSING BRIDE 296
XXII A JULY WEDDING 313

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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PEGGY RAYMOND _Frontispiece_
"'COME RIGHT IN,' SAID AMY WITH A MISLEADING AIR OF CORDIALITY" 9
"'A HUNDRED DOLLARS AIN'T ANY TOO MUCH TO PAY FOR HAVING YOUR
LIFE SAVED'" 127
"SHE RAISED HER EYES AND MET HIS" 184
"PEGGY LOOKED AT HIM WITHOUT REPLYING" 247

Peggy Raymond's Way