Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ANNES

_Books by Marion Ames Taggart_

AT AUNT ANNA’S
BETH OF OLD CHILTON
BETH’S OLD HOME
BETH’S WONDER-WINTER
BETTY GASTON THE SEVENTH GIRL
BLISSYLVANIA POST-OFFICE
BY BRANSCOME RIVER
CAPTAIN SYLVIA
DADDY’S DAUGHTERS
DAUGHTERS OF THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE
DOCTOR’S LITTLE GIRL
ELDER MISS AINSBOROUGH
FRIENDLY LITTLE HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES
HER DAUGHTER JEAN
HOLLYHOCK HOUSE
IN THE DAYS OF KING HAL
JACK HILDRETH AMONG THE INDIANS
JACK HILDRETH ON THE NILE
LITTLE AUNT
LITTLE GREY HOUSE
LITTLE WOMEN CLUB
LOYAL BLUE AND ROYAL SCARLET
MISS LOCHINVAR
MISS LOCHINVAR’S RETURN
NANCY AND THE COGGS TWINS
NANCY PORTER’S OPPORTUNITY
NANCY, THE DOCTOR’S LITTLE PARTNER
NUT-BROWN JOAN
ONE AFTERNOON AND OTHER STORIES
PILGRIM MAID, A STORY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY IN 1620
PUSSY-CAT TOWN
SIX GIRLS AND BETTY
SIX GIRLS AND BOB
SIX GIRLS AND THE SEVENTH ONE
SIX GIRLS AND THE TEA ROOM
SIX GIRLS GROWING OLDER
SIX GIRLS GROWN UP
SWEET NANCY
THE ANNES
THREE GIRLS AND ESPECIALLY ONE
TREASURE OF NUGGET MOUNTAIN
UNRAVELING OF A TANGLE
WINNETOU
WYNDHAM GIRLS

_The_ ANNES

BY
MARION AMES TAGGART

FRONTISPIECE
BY
W. C. NIMS

GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

TO
ELIZABETH

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LITTLE ANNE’S CALLING 1

II. THE OLDEST ANNE 13

III. THE QUIET ROOM 23

IV. ANNE AND ANNE 33

V. SMALL FURTHERING BREEZES 45

VI. “THE FACE THAT LIT THE FIRES,” ETC. 56

VII. THE POET’S CORNER 68

VIII. CANDOUR 81

IX. SOUNDINGS 93

X. THE STRAY PAGE 104

XI. PENITENTIAL 115

XII. MAKING ALIVE 127

XIII. THE ILL WIND 139

XIV. ADJUSTMENT 150

XV. OPPORTUNITY 162

XVI. REVELATION 174

XVII. HONOUR 187

XVIII. MADE IN HEAVEN 199

XIX. THE END OF THE PLAY 210

XX. RICHARD 222

XXI. WILBERFORCE, THE PAINTER 235

XXII. EXITS AND ENTRANCES 248

XXIII. THE FALL OF THE CURTAIN 261

THE ANNES