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قراءة كتاب Polly of Lady Gay Cottage
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POLLY
OF LADY GAY COTTAGE
BY
EMMA C. DOWD
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY EMMA C. DOWD
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
HAROLD WESTWOOD!TO
MY CRITIC, COUNSELOR
AND COMRADE
CONTENTS
| I. | The Rosewood Box | 1 |
| II. | Leonora’s Wonderful News | 12 |
| III. | A Whiff of Slander | 20 |
| IV. | Cousins | 36 |
| V. | A Monopolist and a Fanfaron | 46 |
| VI. | “Not for Sale” | 66 |
| VII. | The Blizzard | 73 |
| VIII. | The Intermediate Birthday Party | 89 |
| IX. | The Eighth Rose | 105 |
| X. | A Visit from Erastus Bean | 119 |
| XI. | Uncle Maurice at Lady Gay Cottage | 125 |
| XII. | Little Chris | 138 |
| XIII. | Ilga Barron | 152 |
| XIV. | Polly in New York | 165 |
| XV. | An Unexpected Guest | 175 |
| XVI. | Roses and Thorns | 184 |
| XVII. | A Summer Night Mystery | 194 |
| XVIII. | At Midvale Springs | 212 |
| XIX. | Two Letters | 237 |
| XX. | Mrs. Jocelyn’s Dinner-Party | 250 |
POLLY OF LADY GAY
COTTAGE
CHAPTER I
THE ROSEWOOD BOX
The telephone bell cut sharp into Polly’s story.
She was recounting one of the merry hours that Mrs. Jocelyn had given to her and Leonora, while Dr. Dudley and his wife were taking their wedding journey. Still dimpling with laughter, she ran across to the instrument; but as she turned back from the message her face was troubled.
“Father says I am to come right over to the hospital,” she told her mother. “Mr. Bean—you know, the one that married Aunt Jane—has got hurt, and he wants to see me. I hope he isn’t going to die. He was real good to me that time I was there, as good as he dared to be.”
“I will go with you,” Mrs. Dudley decided.
And, locking the house, they went out into the early evening darkness.
The physician was awaiting them in his office.
“Is