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"O old house, brown and rusty and dilapitated! there has been much joy under your roof, and some bitter tears that God's hand wiped away."—Page 365.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
BYAMANDA M. DOUGLAS,
AUTHOR OF "IN TRUST," "THE KATHIE STORIES," ETC.
BOSTON:
WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY,
309 WASHINGTON STREET.
1875.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by WILLIAM F. GILL & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ROCKWELL & CHURCHILL, Stereotypers and Printers. Boston.
In Remembrance
OF
MANY PLEASANT HOURS SPENT AT WOODSIDE,
This Story
OF LOVE AND FAITH, OF WORK AND WAITING, AND THE GENTLE
VIRTUES THAT ARE NONE THE LESS HEROIC FOR
BLOOMING IN THE CENTRE OF THE
HOME CIRCLE,
IS DEDICATED TO THE HAPPY HOUSEHOLD
OF
MR. and MRS. A. C. NEUMANN.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. JOE'S GRAND DISCOVERY. 7
- CHAPTER II. PLANNING IN THE TWILIGHT. 22
- CHAPTER III. A CHANCE FOR FLOSSY. 36
- CHAPTER IV. THE IDENTICAL SHOE. 52
- CHAPTER V. GOOD LUCK FOR JOE. 68
- CHAPTER VI. FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES. 84
- CHAPTER VII. THE OLD TUMBLER, AFTER ALL. 103
- CHAPTER VIII. FLORENCE IN STATE. 120
- CHAPTER IX. FOURTH OF JULY. 137
- CHAPTER X. WHICH SHOULD SHE CHOOSE? 154
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- CHAPTER XI. OUT OF THE OLD HOME-NEST. 172
- CHAPTER XII. JOE'S FORTUNE. 191
- CHAPTER XIII. FROM GRAY SKIES TO BLUE. 209
- CHAPTER XIV. A FLOWER-GARDEN INDOORS. 225
- CHAPTER XV. HOW CHARLIE RAN AWAY. 244
- CHAPTER XVI. ALMOST DISCOURAGED. 262
- CHAPTER XVII. LOST AT SEA. 282
- CHAPTER XVIII. A SONG IN THE NIGHT. 299
- CHAPTER XIX. IN THE OLD HOME-NEST AGAIN. 317
- CHAPTER XX. WHEREIN THE OLD SHOE BECOMES CROWDED. 337
- CHAPTER XXI. HOW THE DREAMS CAME TRUE. 352
- CHAPTER XXII. CHRISTMASTIDE. 366