CONTENTS
CHAPTER I "WHY DON'T YOU LAUGH?"
CHAPTER II THE LETTER
CHAPTER III DAVID MAKES A REQUEST
CHAPTER IV THE BIRTHDAY FeTE
CHAPTER V "I WILL TAKE CARE OF PARADISE WARD"
CHAPTER VI "MAYBE"
CHAPTER VII GLADYS GUINEVERE
CHAPTER VIII COUCHES OF CLOVER
CHAPTER IX NO. 45678
CHAPTER X THE TOP OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER XI DR. ABBE
CHAPTER XII PATRICIA AND A FEW OTHERS
CHAPTER XIII WHAT SARDIS SAID
CHAPTER XIV PARADISE WARD ON WHEELS
CHAPTER XV THE FIRST DAY
CHAPTER XVI BENEDICTA MAKES IT GO
CHAPTER XVII A PICTURE AND A MESSAGE
CHAPTER XVIII AN ATTEMPT AT MATCHMAKING
CHAPTER XIX AN UNINVITED GUEST AND A MYSTERY
CHAPTER XX THE TELEGRAM
CHAPTER XXI "TEN LITTLE GIRLS" AND SARDIS MERRIFIELD
CHAPTER XXII A LITTLE LAME DUCK
CHAPTER XXIII IN THE "GARDEN OF EDEN"
CHAPTER XXIV ROSALIND FERNE
CHAPTER XXV THE STORM
CHAPTER XXVI CLEMENTINA ASKS QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XXVII THE BUTTERFLY LADY STAYS
CHAPTER XXVIII BENEDICTA'S OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER XXIX TROUBLE IN THE KITCHEN
CHAPTER XXX THE NEW COOK
WHEN POLLY WAS EIGHTEEN
BY EMMA C. DOWD
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1921