Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat

Uncle Hiram took them both over to the ice cream booth and there was still some ice cream left, vanilla and chocolate. Before they had quite finished their plates, Aunt Grace ca...

But it was usually safe to think that what Uncle Hiram planned would be pleasant. And when Elizabeth Ann found herself in a small square dark room, in the hold of the ship, acco...

Aunt Jennie sent a telegram to Uncle Hiram that night and two days later he came. He looked, Elizabeth Ann decided as soon as she saw him, exactly like the kind of a man who wou...

Now Roger didn’t like Catherine Gould, but, as he told Elizabeth Ann afterward, that didn’t mean he wanted to tell tales about her. So when Uncle Hiram began to ask questions, R...

Elizabeth Ann discovered that there was a pleasant custom in Gardner and the farms nearby, of asking the fathers and mothers to come to the parties too. So Uncle Hiram and Aunt...

Elizabeth Ann, running to keep up with Catherine, felt almost cheerful. No matter if they were late--Catherine was going to school. She wasn’t going to turn around and go home,...

“I’ll have to read it to you, first, Cran,” said kind Cousin Nellie. “There is something in it I must talk over with you. Come around to the front of the house and after you hav...

“You left it in the barn,” said Catherine. “I didn’t think you liked it and I ate some of it. There may be a few pieces left and I’ll send them over to you.”

Anyone, seeing the Bonnie Susie for the first time, would have stared. Elizabeth Ann found out afterward that plenty of people, driving past the house, stopped and stared, just...

She wanted to get out and see what kind of a flower was growing in the middle of the large field on the right hand side of the road. Lex had declared that for once he couldn’t s...

“See the school?” echoed Aunt Grace. “My dear child, of course you can’t see the school; why it’s fully three miles from here, on the other side of that section of woods. You ha...

Elizabeth Ann--the famous little question mark, as Uncle Doctor had once jokingly called her--thought of several things she wanted to know. She remembered the taken boy the man...

But Catherine was talking in a low tone to her aunt and her face was an angry red. Elizabeth Ann couldn’t hear what was said, but Doris, who was much nearer, could and she told...

Poor Elizabeth Ann, her hand stinging, her eyes filled with tears, stepped out of the room where the rows of glass jars were stored. As she walked past the woman who held the ru...

Elizabeth Ann and Doris had just finished their breakfast when Catherine Gould called for them. Catherine wore the prettiest dress--perhaps a little too “fussy” for school, but...

Now secrets are not the easiest thing in the world to keep, and it is quite possible that either Elizabeth Ann or Doris might have told someone the great plan, or a little about...

Elizabeth Ann peered through the window--she and Doris were in the back of the bus and couldn’t hope to get out for several seconds. Elizabeth Ann saw that the yard fairly swarm...

Muffins barked wildly at the lovely white cat that came trotting up to Elizabeth Ann. This was Antonio--better known as Tony--and he was plainly glad to see his little mistress...

Elizabeth Ann learned more about Catherine Gould as the school term advanced. Catherine lived nearer to the Bonnie Susie than any other girl, and she was apt to come over Saturd...

She and Elizabeth Ann were talking over the party. It was the next morning and they had slept till ten o’clock. They had just had breakfast and were sitting in the sun on the st...

Elizabeth Ann and Doris ran as fast as they could, but Catherine simply walked as usual. Once Elizabeth Ann looked over her shoulder and called to her to run, but Catherine didn...