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THE STAYING GUEST

by

CAROLYN WELLS

Author of "The Story of Betty," "Eight Girls and a Dog," etc.

With Illustrations by W. Granville Smith

New York The Century Co. 1904

Copyright, 1904, by The Century Co. Published October, 1904

The DeVinne Press

TO
DEAR DOROTHY ESTERBROOK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Primrose Hall 3
II Ladybird 17
III A Guest for the Night 28
IV A Few Questions 35
V Another Attempt 54
VI Up a Tree 68
VII Civil War 81
VIII Stella Russell 93
IX Doing Right 106
X A Self-made Burglar 120
XI A Matrimonial Bureau 137
XII A Scriptural Command 152
XIII A Ridiculous Party 165
XIV Some Letters 180
XV The Arrival of the Earl 191
XVI Ladybird Triumphant 203
XVII In the Apple-tree 218
XVIII Lavinia Lovell 235
XIX Ladybird _vs._ Lavinia 247
XX Half-sisters 260
XXI An Orchard Wedding 272

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"I'm Ladybird, and I've come to stay" _Frontispiece_
Precisely at ten o'clock the procession formed 10
It's postmarked "London" 18
"Should _auld_ acquaintance _be_ forgot?" 43
Suddenly Matthew's face appeared 57
"Come down, little lady" 71
She worked diligently and rapidly 91
Ladybird at school 108
"You see, Cloppy-dog, it's a crisis" 115
"Come on, Matthew" 132
The two firemen 159
Ladybird marshaling her guests 169
Writing the letter 183
After dinner they all sat on the veranda 209
Across the line of stepping-stones 221
Ladybird's flying figure 225
"You talk like a lawyer" 249
The wedding under the trees 279

THE STAYING GUEST