THREE PEOPLE

AUTHOR OF "LOST ON THE TRAIL," "TIP LEWIS AND
HIS LAMP," "ESTER RIED," "FOUR GIRLS AT CHAUTAUQUA,"
"CHAUTAUQUA GIRLS AT HOME," ETC.

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

PANSY

TRADE-MARK
Registered in U. S. Patent Office.




Entered according to the Act of Congress, by
Western Tract and Book Society,
In the Office of the Congressional Librarian, District of
Columbia, 1871.

Copyright, 1899, by Isabella M. Alden.

Chapter
I.	Some Babies	5
II.	John Birge's Opportunity	15
III.	Wolfie	26
IV.	Brain Work	37
V.	Tode's Ambition	49
VI.	New Ideas	57
VII.	Two T's	67
VIII.	Which Shall Prosper, This or That?	77
IX.	Take it Away	89
X.	Habakkuk	100
XI.	Business and Bottles	113
XII.	The Stepping Stone	128
XIII.	Tode's Real Estate	145
XIV.	Signs and Wonders	162
XV.	Exit Tode Mall	178
XVI.	Pledges and Partnerships	195
XVII.	Translations	211
XVIII.	Wine is a Mocker	223
XIX.	The Three People Meet Again	242
XX.	Mrs. Jenkins' Tommy	255
XXI.	Midnight Work