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“‘I’m Ladybird, and I’ve come to stay’”

The Staying Guest

By
Carolyn Wells
Author of “The Story of Betty,” “Eight Girls and a Dog,” etc.

With Illustrations by
W. Granville Smith

New York
The Century Co.
1904

Copyright, 1904, by
The Century Co.
Published October, 1904

The DeVinne Press

TO
DEAR DOROTHY ESTERBROOK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I Primrose Hall 3

II Ladybird 17

III A Guest for the Night 28

IV A Few Questions 35

V Another Attempt 54

VI Up a Tree 68

VII Civil War 81

VIII Stella Russell 93

IX Doing Right 106

X A Self-made Burglar 120

XI A Matrimonial Bureau 137

XII A Scriptural Command 152

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