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The Story of the Big Front Door By: Mary Finley Leonard (1862-) |
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Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved. [Illustration: "THEY HAD DRAWN THEIR CHAIRS TOGETHER IN A COSEY GROUP."] 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 ZÉLIE 246 XXVI. THE BIG FRONT DOOR IS LEFT ALONE 255 THE STORY OF THE BIG FRONT DOOR. CHAPTER I. THE OUTLAWS. "Come listen to me, ye gallants so free, All ye who love mirth for to hear; And I will tell you of a bold outlaw Who lived in Nottinghamshire." Old Ballad. Ikey Ford was the first to make the discovery, and he lost no time in carrying the news to the others. Great was their consternation! "Moving into the Brown house? Nonsense, Ikey, you are making it up!" Carl exclaimed. "What shall we do about the banquet for King Richard?" cried Bess, sitting down on the doorstep despairingly. "And my racket is over there, and your grandma's fur rug, Ikey Ford!" wailed Louise, shaking her finger at the bringer of evil tidings. He assented meekly, adding, "and Sallie's clothes pins." A stranger might have been puzzled to guess what sort of calamity had befallen the little group in the doorway of the pleasant, hospitable looking house among the maple trees, that warm August morning. Something serious certainly, for Louise's dimples had disappeared, Bess was almost tearful, and the boys, though they affected to take it more lightly, wore plainly depressed... Continue reading book >>
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