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THE STORY OF THE GRAVELYS

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Works of Marshall Saunders

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THE STORY OF THE GRAVELYS

A Tale for Girls

by

MARSHALL SAUNDERS

Author of “Beautiful Joe,” “Beautiful Joe’s Paradise,” “’Tilda Jane,” etc.

“A child’s needless tear is a blood-blot upon this earth.”

--CARDINAL MANNING

Illustrated

Boston L. C. Page & Company 1904

Copyright, 1902, 1903 By Perry Mason Company

Copyright, 1903 By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated)

All rights reserved

Published September, 1903

Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

TO
MY DEAR SISTER
Grace,
MY FAITHFUL HELPER IN LITERARY WORK,
THIS STORY IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY HER APPRECIATIVE SISTER,

MARSHALL SAUNDERS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Certain chapters of this story first appeared in The _Youth’s Companion_. The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her to republish them in the present volume.

Messrs. L. C. Page and Company wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in granting them permission to use the original illustrations.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE QUARREL 11

II. GRANDMA’S WATCHWORD 23

III. A SUDDEN COUNTERMARCH 34

IV. A LIFTED BURDEN 43

V. THE TRAINING OF A BOY 54

VI. BONNY’S ORDEAL 68

VII. BERTY IMPARTS INFORMATION 76

VIII. THE HEART OF THE MAYOR 88

IX. THE MAYOR’S DILEMMA 99

X. A GROUNDLESS SUSPICION 113

XI. A PROPOSED SUPPER-PARTY 130

XII. A DISTURBED HOSTESS 139

XIII. AN ANXIOUS MIND 150

XIV. THE OPENING OF THE PARK 162

XV. UP THE RIVER 175

XVI. BERTY’S TRAMP 188

XVII. TOM’S INTERVENTION 195

XVIII. TRAMP PHILOSOPHY 204

XIX. AT THE BOARD OF WATER-WORKS 217

XX. SELINA’S WEDDING 229

XXI. TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE 244

XXII. DISCOURAGED 257

XXIII. GRANDMA’S REQUEST 262

XXIV. DOWN THE RIVER 270

XXV. LAST WORDS 277

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

“BENT THEIR HEADS OVER THE PAPER” (_see page 40_) _Frontispiece_

“LEANING OVER THE STAIR RAILING” 33

“‘WHY DON’T SOME OF YOU GOOD PEOPLE TRY TO REFORM ME?’” 54

“‘YOU HAVE TOO MUCH HEART’” 92

“‘YOU’RE DYING TO TEASE ME’” 177

“‘A RIVER STREET DELEGATION,’ SAID TOM” 235

THE STORY OF THE GRAVELYS