Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE STORY
OF
THE BIG FRONT DOOR

BY
MARY F. LEONARD

"THEY HELPED EVERY ONE HIS NEIGHBOR."

NEW YORK: 46 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY
BOSTON: 100 PURCHASE STREET

COPYRIGHT, 1898,
BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE OUTLAWS 1

II. IN THE STAR CHAMBER 12

III. THE LADY OF THE BROWN HOUSE 20

IV. DORA 31

V. UNCLE WILLIAM 51

VI. THE MAGIC DOOR 59

VII. IKEY'S ACCIDENT 65

VIII. THE M.KS. 74

IX. A RIVAL CLUB 84

X. GOOD NEIGHBORS 93

XI. PLANS 103

XII. CEDAR AND HOLLY 112

XIII. THE HARP MAN'S BENEFIT 127

XIV. CLOUDS 140

XV. DORA'S BRIGHT IDEA 156

XVI. SILVER KEYS 165

XVII. A PRISONER 172

XVIII. SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS 183

XIX. AUNT SUKEY'S STORY 190

XX. THE ORDER OF THE BIG FRONT DOOR 198

XXI. WORK AND PLAY 206

XXII. UNCLE WILLIAM IS SURPRISED 219

XXIII. JIM 230

XXIV. A DISAPPOINTMENT 238

XXV. AUNT ZELIE 246

XXVI. THE BIG FRONT DOOR IS LEFT ALONE 255

THE STORY

OF

THE BIG FRONT DOOR.