قراءة كتاب Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It
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Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It
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TIMOTHY'S QUEST
A STORY FOR ANYBODY, YOUNG OR OLD, WHO CARES TO READ IT
BY
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
AUTHOR OF "BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL," "THE STORY OF PATSY," "A SUMMER IN A CAÑON," ETC.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1894
Copyright, 1890,
By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
All rights reserved.
THIRTY-SEVENTH THOUSAND
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.
To
NORA
DEAREST SISTER, STERNEST CRITIC,
BEST FRIEND.
CONTENTS.
| SCENE I. | |
| PAGE | |
| Flossy Morrison learns the Secret of Death | |
| without ever having learned the Secret | |
| of Life | 7 |
| SCENE II. | |
| Little Timothy Jessup assumes Parental Responsibilities | 17 |
| SCENE III. | |
| Timothy plans a Campaign, and Providence | |
| materially assists in carrying it out, or | |
| vice versa | 26 |
| SCENE IV. | |
| Jabe Slocum assumes the Rôle of Guardian Angel | 39 |
| SCENE V. | |
| Timothy finds a House in which he thinks a | |
| Baby is needed, but the Inmates do not | |
| entirely agree with Him | 51 |
| SCENE VI. | |
| Timothy, Lady Gay, and Rags prove faithful | |
| to each other | 63 |
| SCENE VII. | |
| Mistress and Maid find to their Amazement | |
| that a Child, more than all other Gifts, | |
| brings Hope with it, and forward looking | |
| Thoughts | 74 |
| SCENE VIII. | |
| Jabe and Samantha exchange Hostilities, and | |
| the former says a Good Word for the | |
| Little Wanderers | 87 |
| SCENE IX. | |
| "Now the End of the Commandment is Charity, | |
| out of a Pure Heart" | 100 |
| SCENE X. | |
| Aunt Hitty comes to "make over," and supplies | |
| Back Numbers to all the Village | |
| Histories | 112 |
| SCENE XI. | |
| Miss Vilda decides that Two is One too many, | |
| and Timothy breaks a Humming-Bird's Egg | 126 |
| SCENE XII. | |
| Lyddy Pettigrove's Funeral | 143 |
| SCENE XIII. | |
| Pleasant River is baptized with the Spirit of | |
| Adoption | 152 |
| SCENE XIV. | |
| Timothy Jessup runs away a Second Time, | |
| and, like other Blessings, brightens as | |
| He takes his Flight | 166 |
| SCENE XV. | |
| Like all Dogs in Fiction, the Faithful Rags | |
| guides Miss Vilda to his Little Master | 179 |
| SCENE XVI. | |
| Timothy's Quest is ended, and Samantha says, | |
| "Come along, Dave" | 189 |