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قراءة كتاب Dorothy on a House Boat
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DOROTHY
ON A HOUSE-BOAT
By
EVELYN RAYMOND
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ILLUSTRATED
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New York
THE PLATTE & PECK CO.
THE
DOROTHY BOOKS
By EVELYN RAYMOND
These stories of an American girl by an American author have made “Dorothy” a household synonym for all that is fascinating. Truth and realism are stamped on every page. The interest never flags, and is ofttimes intense. No more happy choice can be made for gift books, so sure are they to win approval and please not only the young in years, but also “grown-ups” who are young in heart and spirit.
Dorothy
Dorothy at Skyrie
Dorothy’s Schooling
Dorothy’s Travels
Dorothy’s House Party
Dorothy in California
Dorothy on a Ranch
Dorothy’s House-Boat
Dorothy at Oak Knowe
Dorothy’s Triumph
Dorothy’s Tour
Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth
Price per Volume, 50 Cents
Copyright, 1909, by
The Platt & Peck Co.
“EPHRAIM, DID YOU EVER LIVE IN A HOUSE-BOAT?”—P 15 Dorothy’s House-BoatFOREWORD.
Those who have followed the story of Dorothy Calvert’s life thus far will remember that it has been full of interest and many adventures—pleasant and otherwise. Beginning as a foundling left upon the steps of a little house in Brown street, Baltimore, she was adopted by its childless owners, a letter-carrier and his wife. When his health failed she removed with them to the Highlands of the Hudson. There followed her “Schooling” at a fashionable academy; her vacation “Travels” in beautiful Nova Scotia; her “House Party” at the home of her newly discovered great aunt, Mrs. Betty Calvert; their winter together “In California”; a wonderful summer “On a Ranch” in Colorado; and now the early autumn has found the old lady and the girl once more in the ancestral home of the Calverts. Enjoying their morning’s mail in the pleasant library of old Bellvieu, they are both astonished by the contents of one letter which offers for Dorothy’s acceptance the magnificent gift of a “House-Boat.” What follows the receipt of this letter is now to be told.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Foreword | 9 | |
| I. | A Big Gift for a Small Maid | 11 |
| II. | Invitations To a Cruise of Loving Kindness |
25 |
| III. | The Difficulties of Getting Under Way |
44 |
| IV. | Matters Are Settled | 62 |
| V. | The Storm and What Followed | 76 |
| VI. | A Mule and Melon Transaction | 92 |
| VII. | Visitors | 105 |
| VIII. | The Colonel’s Revelation | 121 |
| IX. | Fish and Monkeys | 138 |
| X. | A Mere Anne Arundel Gust | 154 |
| XI. | A Morning Call of Monkeys | 165 |
| XII. | Under the Persimmon Tree | 180 |
| XIII. | What Lay Under the Walking Fern |
195 |
| XIV. | The Redemption of a Promise | public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@32606@[email protected]#Page_213" |