CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I No. 12 CHERRY STREET

CHAPTER II MISS BILLY

CHAPTER III WAYS AND MEANS

CHAPTER IV NEW NEIGHBOURS

CHAPTER V A LOAD OF DIRT

CHAPTER VI NEXT DOOR

CHAPTER VII TRIALS

CHAPTER VIII THE STORY OF HORATIUS

CHAPTER IX BEATRICE

CHAPTER X A BROKEN SIDEWALK

CHAPTER XI WEEDS

CHAPTER XII LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

CHAPTER XIII HARD LINES

CHAPTER XIV TWO LETTERS

CHAPTER XV "FRANCES"

CHAPTER XVI THE CHILD GARDEN

CHAPTER XVII THE LAWN SOCIAL

CHAPTER XVIII MARGARET LENDS ASSISTANCE

CHAPTER XIX PERSONAL PLEASURE

CHAPTER XX FAIR SKIES

CHAPTER XXI HALLOWE'EN

CHAPTER XXII WAITING

CHAPTER XXIII CONCLUSION

CONTENTS

frontispiece

“That wasn’t the way it happened,” said a clear voice above them.
(See page 66.)

Published, April, 1905

Copyright, 1905,
by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company

All Rights Reserved

Miss Billy

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