Mary Ware's Promised Land   By: Annie F. Johnston (1863-1931)

Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

The Little Colonel Series

( Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of. )

Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel Stories $1.50 (Containing in one volume the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.") The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50 The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50 The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50 The Little Colonel at Boarding School 1.50 The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50 The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50 The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50 The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 1.50 Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum 1.50 Mary Ware in Texas 1.50 Mary Ware's Promised Land 1.50 The above 12 vols., boxed , as a set 18.00

The Little Colonel Good Times Book 1.50 The Little Colonel Doll Book 1.50

Illustrated Holiday Editions

Each one vol. small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in colour

The Little Colonel $1.25 The Giant Scissors 1.25 Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25 Big Brother 1.25

Cosy Corner Series

Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel $.50 The Giant Scissors .50 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50 Big Brother .50 Ole Mammy's Torment .50 The Story of Dago .50 Cicely .50 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50 The Quilt that Jack Built .50 Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50 Mildred's Inheritance .50

Other Books

Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .50 The Three Weavers .50 Keeping Tryst .50 The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50 The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50 The Jester's Sword .50 Asa Holmes 1.00 Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 1.25

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

[Illustration: "'I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST AN OLD MAID SISTER IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME.'" ( See page 34. )]

Mary Ware's Promised Land

By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother," "Ole Mammy's Torment," "Joel: A Boy of Galilee," "Asa Holmes," "Travelers Five on Life's Highway," etc.

Illustrated by JOHN GOSS

BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY MDCCCCXII

Copyright , 1912, BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY. (INCORPORATED)

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

All rights reserved

First Impression, October, 1912

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

TO

MISS FANNY CRAIG

THE "MISS ALLISON" OF THESE STORIES, WHOSE "ROAD OF THE LOVING HEART" RUNS WIDE AND FAR THROUGH ALL THIS HAPPY VALLEY

CONTENTS

PART I

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