CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I RED PINEYS
II HER UNCLE JOHN
III AUNT JIMMY
IV A CAGED BIRD
V MRS. LANE PLAYS DETECTIVE
VI BIRD'S COUSINS
VII SUMMER IN NEW YORK
VIII THE FLOWER MISSIONARY
IX 'RAM SLOCUM'S TAUNT
X LAMMY CONSULTS OLD LUCKY
XI THE PEWTER TEA-POT
XII THE TUG OF WAR
XIII TELLTALE TROUSERS
XIV THE FIRE-ESCAPE
XV THE BIRD IS FREED
AUNT JIMMY’S WILL
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“‘Hem!’ The lawyer cleared his throat.” (See p. 52.)
AUNT JIMMY’S WILL
BY
MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT
AUTHOR OF “BIRDCRAFT,” “WABENO THE MAGICIAN,”
ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
FLORENCE SCOVELL SHINN
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1903
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1903,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up, electrotyped, and published October, 1903.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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To my God-child
MARY ELIZABETH MILLER
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“Aim at the highest, and never mind the money.”
—L. M. Alcott.
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