PREFACE.

CONTENTS I. A FIVE-O'CLOCK TEA II. PHRONSIE III. CLEM FORSYTHE

ILLUSTRATIONS "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, PHRONSIE, SITTING DOWN IN

I A FIVE-O'CLOCK TEA

II PHRONSIE

III CLEM FORSYTHE

IV MISS TAYLOR'S WORKING BEE

V "SHE'S MY LITTLE GIRL"

VI GRANDMA BASCOM

VII THE DISAPPOINTMENT

VIII THE GARDEN PARTY

IX THE TEN-DOLLAR BILL

X TROUBLE FOR JOEL

XI RACHEL

XII DOINGS AT THE PARSONAGE

XIII "SHE'S GOING TO STAY HERE FOREVER"

XIV "CAN'T GO," SAID JOEL

XV UP IN ALEXIA'S PRETTY ROOM

XVI THE ACCIDENT

XVII JOEL'S ADVENTURE

XVIII THE COMFORT COMMITTEE

XIX JOEL'S NEW FRIEND

XX THE COOKING CLUB

XXI OF MANY THINGS IN GENERAL

XXII RACHEL'S VISIT TO MISS PARROTT

XXIII THE OLD PARROTT HOMESTEAD

XXIV RACHEL'S FUTURE

XXV JACK PARISH

XXVI MR. HAMILTON DYCE A TRUE FRIEND

XXVII A PIECE OF GOOD NEWS

XXVIII THE LITTLE STONE CUPBOARD

THE END

Title: Five Little Peppers and their Friends

Author: Margaret Sidney

Language: English

Produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS

By MARGARET SIDNEY

AUTHOR OF "FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD," "A LITTLE MAID OF CONCORD TOWN," "SALLY, MRS. TUBBS," ETC.

Illustrated by Eugenie M. Wireman

[Illustration: "What are you doing, Phronsie, sitting down in the middle of the stairs?"—(See page 46.)]

To my daughter Margaret, who to her friends embodies "Polly Pepper" in her girlhood, I dedicate most lovingly this book.