Produced by Al Haines

JUDY

BY

TEMPLE BAILEY

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS ———— NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1907

by Little, Brown & Company

To my father

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE JUDGE AND JUDY II. ANNE GOES TO TOWN III. IN THE JUDGE'S GARDEN IV. "YOUR GRANDMOTHER, MY DEAR" V. TOO MANY COOKS VI. A RAIN AND A RUNAWAY VII. TOMMY TOLLIVER: SEAMAN VIII. A WHITE SUNDAY IX. A BLUE MONDAY X. MISTRESS MARY XI. THE PRINCESS AND THE LILY MAID XII. LORDLY LAUNCELOT XIII. A FORTUNE AND A FRIGHT XIV. A PRECIOUS PUSSY CAT XV. THE SPANISH COINS XVI. THE WIND AND THE WAVES XVII. MOODS AND MODELS XVIII. JUDY KEEPS A PROMISE XIX. PERKINS CLEANS THE SILVER XX. ANNE HEARS A BURGLAR XXI. CAPTAIN JUDY XXII. THE CASTAWAYS XXIII. IN A SILVER BOAT XXIV. "HOME IS THE SAILOR FROM THE SEA" XXV. LAUNCELOT BUYS A COW XXVI. JUDY PLAYS LADY BOUNTIFUL XXVII. THE SUMMER ENDS

JUDY

CHAPTER I

THE JUDGE AND JUDY

There was a plum-tree in the orchard, all snow and ebony against a skyof sapphire.

Becky Sharp, perched among the fragrant blossoms, crooned soft nothingsto herself. Under the tree little Anne lay at full length on thetender green sod and dreamed daydreams.

"Belinda," she said to her great white cat, "Belinda, if we could flylike Becky Sharp, we would all go to Egypt and eat our lunch on the topof the pyramids."

Belinda, keeping a wary eye on a rusty red robin on a near-by stump,waved her tail conversationally.

"They used to worship cats in Egypt, Belinda," Anne went on, drowsily,"and when they died they preserved them in sweet spices and mademummies of them—"

But Belinda had lost interest. The rusty red robin was busy with aworm, and she saw her chance.

As she sneaked across the grass, Anne sat up, "I'm ashamed of you,
Belinda," she said. "Becky, go bring her back!"

The tame crow fluttered from the tree with a squawk and straddledawkwardly to the stump, scaring the robin into flight, and beating aninky wing against Belinda's whiteness.

Belinda hit back viciously, but Becky flew over her head, and byseveral well-delivered nips sent the white cat mewing to the shelter ofher mistress' arms.

"I suppose you can't help it, Belinda," said Anne, as she cuddled her,"but it's horrid of you to catch birds, horrid, Belinda."

Belinda curled down into Anne's blue gingham lap, and Becky Sharpclimbed once more to the limb of the plum-tree, from which shepresently sounded a discordant note.

Anne raised her head. "There is some one coming," she said, and rolled
Belinda out of her lap and stood up. "Who is it, Becky?"

But Becky, having given the alarm, blinked solemnly down at hermistress, and said nothing.

"It's Judge Jameson's horse," Anne informed her pets, "and there's agirl with him, with a white hat on, and they'll stay to lunch, andthere isn't a thing but bread and milk, and little grandmother iscleaning the attic."

She picked up her hat and flew through the orchard with Belinda a whitest

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