Chapter I: Front Matter

SUSANNA AND SUE

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Books by Kate Douglas Wiggin

_Susanna and Sue._ Illustrated by ALICE BARBER STEPHENS.

_The Old Peabody Pew._ Illustrated by ALICE BARBER STEPHENS.

_Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm._

_New Chronicles of Rebecca._ Illustrated by F. C. YOHN.

_Rose o' the River._ Illustrated by GEORGE WRIGHT.

_The Affair at the Inn._ Illustrated by MARTIN JUSTICE.

_The Birds' Christmas Carol._ Illustrated.

_The Story of Patsy._ Illustrated.

_The Diary of a Goose Girl._ Illustrated by C. A. SHEPPERSON.

_A Cathedral Courtship and Penelope's English Experiences._ Illustrated by CLIFFORD CARLETON.

_A Cathedral Courtship. Holiday Edition._ Enlarged, and with illustrations by CHARLES E. BROCK.

_Penelope's Progress._ Experiences in Scotland.

_Penelope's Irish Experiences._

_Penelope's Experiences. Holiday Edition._ In three volumes. Illustrated by CHARLES E. BROCK. I. England; II. Scotland; III. Ireland.

_Marm Lisa._

_The Village Watch-Tower._ Short Stories.

_Polly Oliver's Problem._ A Story for Girls. Illustrated.

_Timothy's Quest._ A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, who cares to read it.

_Timothy's Quest. Holiday Edition._ Illustrated by OLIVER HERFORD.

_A Summer in a Canyon._ A California Story. Illustrated by FRANK T. MERRILL.

_Nine Love Songs and a Carol._ Poems set to music by MRS. WIGGIN.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Publishers

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

SUSANNA AND SUE

SUSANNA AND SUE

By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ALICE BARBER STEPHENS
AND N. C. WYETH

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
THE RIVERSIDE PRESS
CAMBRIDGE: MDCCCCIX

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY KATE DOUGLAS RIGGS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published October 1909_

CONTENTS

I. Mother Ann's Children 1

II. A Son of Adam 23

III. Divers Doctrines 43

IV. Louisa's Mind 67

V. The Little Quail Bird 87

VI. Susanna speaks in Meeting 107

VII. "The Lower Plane" 121

VIII. Concerning Backsliders 141

IX. Love Manifold 163

X. Brother and Sister 177

XI. "The Open Door" 195

XII. The Hills of Home 211

ILLUSTRATIONS

Looking up into her mother's face expectantly
(page 102) _Frontispiece_

Do you remember the little Nelson girl and her
mother? 12

Susanna sat in her corner beside the aged Tabitha 112

Hetty looking at the lad with all her heart in her
eyes 130