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CONTENTS CHAPTER I. SUNSHINE CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE WIFE CHAPTER III. CHERRYTOE CHAPTER IV. THE CHILDREN OF MERRIGOLAND CHAPTER V. THE RUNAWAY CHAPTER VI. MOTHER WINCH CHAPTER VII. TEDDY'S LITTLE SISTER CHAPTER VIII. THE FAYVER CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT-WATCH CHAPTER X. THE EMPTY NEST CHAPTER XI. A TRACE AND A SEARCH CHAPTER XII. TEDDY'S TEMPTATION CHAPTER XIII. THE CACHUCA CHAPTER XIV. GIOVANNI AND PANTALON CHAPTER XV. THE PINK-SILK DRESS
"He is my uncle; but he is very, very angry with me, and has this very
day ordered me to leave the house."
"Why, what a cantankerous old ruffian he is, to be sure!" exclaimed
the boy, indignantly.
"Hush! you must not talk against my uncle. He has always been kind to
me till now."
"Why, what's up? What's the old gentleman mad about?"
"He wants me to marry my cousin Curtis--a man I do not even like."
"That's a shame! Is it the dude I saw come out of the house a little
while ago?"
"Oh, no; that's a different gentleman. It's Mr. de Brabazon."
"You don't want to marry him, do you?"
"No, no!"
"I'm glad of that. He don't look as if he knew enough to come in when
it rained."
"The poor young man is not very brilliant, but I think I would rather
CONTENTS CHAPTER I. SUNSHINE CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE WIFE CHAPTER III. CHERRYTOE CHAPTER IV. THE CHILDREN OF MERRIGOLAND CHAPTER V. THE RUNAWAY CHAPTER VI. MOTHER WINCH CHAPTER VII. TEDDY'S LITTLE SISTER CHAPTER VIII. THE FAYVER CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT-WATCH CHAPTER X. THE EMPTY NEST CHAPTER XI. A TRACE AND A SEARCH CHAPTER XII. TEDDY'S TEMPTATION CHAPTER XIII. THE CACHUCA CHAPTER XIV. GIOVANNI AND PANTALON CHAPTER XV. THE PINK-SILK DRESS