The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle   By: Annie F. Johnston (1863-1931)

Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

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The Little Colonel $.60 The Giant Scissors .60 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .60 Big Brother .60 Ole Mammy's Torment .60 The Story of Dago .60 Cicely .60 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .60 The Quilt that Jack Built .60 Flip's "Islands of Providence" .60 Mildred's Inheritance .60 The Little Man in Motley .60

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Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .60 The Three Weavers .60 Keeping Tryst .60 The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .60 The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .60 The Jester's Sword .60 Asa Holmes 1.25 Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 1.25

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[Illustration: "HIS SERIOUS LITTLE FACE PUCKERED INTO AN ANXIOUS FROWN" ( See page 4 )]

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THE QUILT THAT JACK BUILT

HOW HE WON THE BICYCLE

By Annie Fellows Johnston Author of "The Little Colonel" Series, "Big Brother," "The Story of Dago," "Joel: A Boy of Galilee," etc.

Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry

Boston The Page Company Publishers

Copyright , 1904 BY L.C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved

Published October, 1904 Third Impression, March, 1910 Fourth Impression, February, 1911 Fifth Impression, March, 1914 Sixth impression, July, 1919

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

TO THE BOY WHO HAS MADE ALL BOYHOOD DEAR TO ME MY ONLY SON =John=

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE "HIS SERIOUS LITTLE FACE PUCKERED INTO AN AN ANXIOUS FROWN" ( See page 4 ) Frontispiece

"EVERY ONE WAS MAKING PATCHWORK" 6

"'DEAR AS IT IS TO ME, IT IS NOT SO DEAR AS THE KEEPING OF MY WORD'" 11

"THE FAMILIAR SQUARES OF FADED PATCHWORK MET HIS EYE" 19

"EACH BOY LONGED TO OWN IT" 30

"HOEING AWAY IN HIS GARDEN" 38

"'I STOPPED AND READ IT THROUGH TWICE'" 44

"'AND THAT KID JUST STARTED OFF ON FOOT'" 52

THE QUILT THAT JACK BUILT

HOW HE WON THE BICYCLE

THE QUILT THAT JACK BUILT