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قراءة كتاب The Walcott Twins
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THE WALCOTT TWINS
BY
LUCILE LOVELL
ILLUSTRATED BY IDA WAUGH
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA MCM
Copyright 1900 by The Penn Publishing Company
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Gay and May | 5 |
| II | The First Separation | 11 |
| III | Just for Fun | 16 |
| IV | A Remarkable Household | 23 |
| V | More Confusion | 30 |
| VI | Being a Boy | 37 |
| VII | Being a Girl | 44 |
| VIII | A Scene at Rose Cottage | 49 |
| IX | Saw and Axe | 56 |
| X | A Course of Training | 62 |
| XI | The Training Begins | 68 |
| XII | A Silver-haired Lady | 75 |
| XIII | A Plan that Failed | 82 |
| XIV | The Boy Predominates | 89 |
| XV | Gay's Popularity Begins | 97 |
| XVI | A Squad of One | 106 |
| XVII | Concerning Philip | 114 |
| XVIII | Dark Days | 122 |
| XIX | The Event of the Season | 130 |
| XX | The Belle of Hazelnook | 141 |
| XXI | The Sky Brightens | 151 |
| XXII | The Dearest Girl | 162 |
| XXIII | A Great Game | 172 |
| XXIV | The Idol Totters | 181 |
| XXV | The Girls make Peace | 189 |
| XXVI | All's Right Again | 194 |
| XXVII | Happy People | 199 |
THE WALCOTT TWINS
CHAPTER I
GAY AND MAY
The Mistress of the house lay among her pillows, her brows drawn into the nearest semblance of a frown that her gentle countenance could assume. Nurse—bearing a tiny, moving bundle of muslin and flannel—and the father were at the bedside.
The father's forehead wore an unmistakable frown. It was evident that something displeased him, but who would have dreamed that it was the gurgling mite in the flannel blanket? Yet he pointed in that direction as he said,—
"Take him away. He has made trouble enough."
"H'indeed, Mr. Walcott," cried nurse, "'E's the best baby h'I' ave ever seen h'in this 'ouse! 'E's never cried before."