Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
I. The Return of Peggy II. The Girl Next Door III. Making Friends IV. A Busy Afternoon V. A Hallowe’en Party VI. Elaine Has Visitors VII. The Bazar VIII. At Home with the Dunns IX. Peggy Acts as Critic X. Ruth Is Perplexed XI. Christmas Preparations XII. Dorothy Goes Shopping...
Time in a business office is a deliberate affair, Elaine soon discovered. It was no wonder that much was accomplished when the hours were two or three times as long as the easy-...
3. Part 3The door opened and a tall lady looked in. A white veil was tied over her grey hair, and she wore black gloves. In one hand she carried a feather duster, and the helpless air wi...
4. Part 4Elaine, coming in alone, and holding her head very high, distinguished herself by not screaming when the clammy hand touched hers, though she jumped, without any question. There...
9. Part 9Though this suggestion had the effect of drying Dorothy’s tears, it was some time before she could be persuaded to act upon it. When they again presented themselves in the line...
7. Part 7"The Maid of the Haunted Well had hosts of lovers, but to one and all she gave one answer ’Wouldst wed me? Then drink with me one cup of water from the Haunted Well. Whosoever t...
10. Part 10The small Dunns were bursting now with joyful curiosity, and when Peggy produced a small package from the corner into which it had rolled, and held it close to Violetta’s nose,...
2. Part 2The door opened violently and a girl looked out. It was the same black-gowned girl Peggy had watched from her window a few days earlier, but, on this occasion, her appearance wa...
11. Part 11The two girls were on their way home from school. As they reached the Marshall’s cottage, Peggy turned in as a matter of course, and Priscilla followed, feeling highly virtuous....
6. Part 6The door swung ajar and the queer, ungainly little figure slipped through the opening. Then it turned. "Same to you," said the hoarse voice, and Peggy heard the big shoes clatte...
12. Part 12"O, yes. I don’t want anything elaborate, only nice, you know. And Susan’s cousin can come to wait on the table. She does it very nicely, and doesn’t charge much of anything." P...
8. Part 8Mrs. Raymond and Peggy were too accustomed to Sally’s doleful prophecies to be cast down. They heaved sighs of relief, exchanged smiles, and Peggy flew to her room to get her ap...
5. Part 5"And, sometimes, you can make a dear little work-bag out of pieces you have in the house," suggested Ruth. "I made a real pretty one last year: don’t you remember, Peggy? If I h...
14. Part 14"Doesn’t it seem lovely to think you’re going to see Europe this summer?" continued Peggy enthusiastically. "I think you were sensible though, to travel all over this country fi...
1. Part 1I. The Return of Peggy II. The Girl Next Door III. Making Friends IV. A Busy Afternoon V. A Hallowe’en Party VI. Elaine Has Visitors VII. The Bazar VIII. At Home with the Dunns...
15. Part 15It was a good thing for Peggy to divert her mind with anxiety about Elaine, who, having been duly rubbed and given something hot to drink, was ordered to bed, while her clothing...