<h2>CHAPTER XIX.</h2>
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<div class='unindent'><br/>HEY went back to their simple lives
again,—those hardy fishermen, the
busy carpenter, and the boy. Phineas
was silent and grave. For him, hope
still lay dead in that garden tomb near Golgotha;
but Joel sang as he worked.</div>
<p>The appointed time was nearing when the
Master was to meet them on the mountain. As
often as he could, Joel stole away from the moody
man at the work-bench, and went down to the
beach for more cheerful companionship.</p>
<p>One morning, seeing a fishing-boat that he
recognized pulling in quickly to shore, he ran
down to see what luck his friends had had during
the night.</p>
<p>He held up his hands in astonishment at the
great haul of fish the boat held.</p>
<p>"We have been with the Master," explained
one of the men. "We toiled all night, and took
nothing till we met Him."</p>
<p>Joel listened eagerly while they told him of
that meeting in the early dawn, and of the meal<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[242]</SPAN></span>
they ate together, while the sun came up over
the Galilee, and the blue waves whispered their
gladness to the beach, as they heard the Master's
voice once more.</p>
<p>"Oh, to think that He is in Galilee again!"
exclaimed Joel. That thought added purpose
and meaning to each new day. Every morning
he woke with the feeling, "Maybe I shall see
Him before the sun goes down." Every night
he went to sleep saying, "He is somewhere near!
No telling how soon I may be with Him!"</p>
<p>When the day came on which they were to go
to the mountain, Joel was up very early in the
morning. He bathed and dressed himself with
the care of a priest about to enter the inner courts
on some holy errand.</p>
<p>When he started to the mountain, Abigail
noticed that he wore his finest headdress of white
linen. His tunic was spotless, and, from the corners
of his brown and white striped mantle, the
blue fringes that the Law prescribed hung smooth
as silk.</p>
<p>He did not wait for Phineas or any of his
friends. Long before the time, he had climbed
the rocky path, and was sitting all alone in the
deep shadowed stillness.</p>
<p>The snapping of a twig startled him; the falling<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_243" id="Page_243">[243]</SPAN></span>
of a leaf made him look up hopefully. Any
minute the Master might come.</p>
<p>His heart beat so loud it seemed to him that
the wood-birds overhead must surely hear it, and
be frightened away.</p>
<p>Imagine that scene, you who can,—you who
have just seen the earth close over your best-beloved;
who have awakened in the lonely
night, with that sudden sickening remembrance
of loss; who have longed, with a longing like a
constant ache, for the voice and the smile and
the footstep that have slipped hopelessly beyond
recall.</p>
<p>Think of what it would mean, if you knew now,
beyond doubt, that all that you had loved and
lost would be given back to you before the passing
of another hour!</p>
<p>So Joel waited, restless, burning, all in a quiver
of expectancy.</p>
<p>Steps began to wind around the base of the
mountain. One familiar face after another came
in sight, then strange ones, until, by and by,
five hundred people had gathered there, and
were sitting in reverent, unbroken silence. The
soft summer wind barely stirred the leaves; even
the twitter of nestlings overhead was hushed.</p>
<p>After awhile, thrilled by some unseen influence,<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244]</SPAN></span>
as a field of grain is swayed by the passing wind,
they bowed their heads. The Master stood before
them, His hands outspread in blessing.</p>
<p>Joel started forward with a wild desire to throw
himself at His feet, and put his arms around them;
but a majesty he had never seen before in that
gentle face restrained him.</p>
<p>He listened to the voice as it rose and fell with
all its old winning tenderness. As you would
listen could the dead lips you love move again;
as you would greedily snatch up every word,
and hide it in your heart of hearts, so Joel
listened.</p>
<p>"I go to prepare a place for you. I will come
again and receive you unto myself, that where I
am there ye may be also.... Peace I leave
with you.... Not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid."</p>
<p>As the beloved voice went on, promising the
Comforter that should come when He was gone,
all the dread and pain of the coming separation
seemed to be lost.</p>
<p>Boy though he was, Joel looked down the
years of his life feeling it was only a fleeting
shadow, compared with the eternal companionship
just promised him.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>He would make no moan; he would utter no
complaint: but he would take up his life's little
day, and bear it after the Master,—a cup of
loving service,—into that upper kingdom where
there was a place prepared for him.</p>
<p>It was all over so soon. They were left alone
on the mountain-side again, with only the sunshine
flickering through the leaves, and the wood-birds
just beginning to trill to each other once
more. But the warm air seemed to still throb with
the last words He had spoken: "Lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world."</p>
<p>Phineas came down the mountain with his face
all ashine; at last his eyes had been opened.</p>
<p>"He and the Father are one!" he exclaimed
to the man walking beside him. "That voice is
the same that spake from the midst of the burning
bush, and from the summit of Sinai. All
these years I have followed the Master, I believed
Him to be a perfect man and a great
prophet; I believed Him to be 'the rod out of
the stem of Jesse' who through Jehovah's hand
was to redeem Israel, even as the rod in Aaron's
hand smote the floods and made a pathway for
our people.</p>
<p>"When I saw Him put to death as a felon, all
hope died within me; even to-day I came out<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</SPAN></span>
here unbelieving. I could not think that I should
see Him. How blind we have been all these years!
God with us in the flesh, and we did not know
Him!"</p>
<p>Joel walked on behind the two, sharing their
feeling of exaltation. As they came down into
the valley and entered Capernaum, the work-a-day
sights and noises seemed to jar on their senses,
in this uplifted mood.</p>
<p>A man standing in an open doorway accosted
Phineas, and asked when he could commence
work on the house he had talked to him about
building.</p>
<p>Phineas hesitated, and looked down at the
ground, as if studying some difficult problem. In
a few minutes he raised his eyes with a look of
decision.</p>
<p>"I cannot build it for you at all," he answered.</p>
<p>"Not build it!" echoed the man. "I thought
you were anxious for the job."</p>
<p>"So I was," answered the carpenter; "but
when I asked for it, I had no belief that the
Master could rise from the dead. Just now, on
the mountain yonder, I have been with Him.
His command is still ringing in my ears: 'Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature!'</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[247]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>"Henceforth I give my life to Him, even as He
gave His to me. My days are now half spent,
but every remaining one shall be used to proclaim,
as far and wide as possible, that the risen
Christ is the Son of God!"</p>
<p>The man was startled as he looked at Phineas;
such a fire of love and purpose seemed to illuminate
his earnest face that it was completely
transformed.</p>
<p>"Even now," exclaimed Phineas, "will I commence
my mission. You are the first one I have
met, and I must tell to you this glad new gospel.
He died for you! 'God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life!' O my friend, if you could
only believe that as I believe it!"</p>
<p>The man shrank back into the doorway,
strangely moved by the passionate force of his
earnestness.</p>
<p>"I must go up to Jerusalem," continued
Phineas, "and wait till power is given us from
on high; then I can more clearly see my way. I
do not know whether I shall be directed to go into
other lands, or to come back here to carry the
news to my old neighbors. But it matters not
which path is pointed out, the mission has been<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</SPAN></span>
already given,—to tell the message to every
creature my voice can reach."</p>
<p>"And you?" asked the man, pointing to the
companion of Phineas.</p>
<p>"I, too, received the command," was the
answer, "and I, too, am ready to go to the world's
end, if need be!"</p>
<p>"Surely there must be truth in what you say,"
muttered the man. Then his glance fell on Joel.
"You, too?" he questioned.</p>
<p>"Nay, he is but a lad," answered Phineas,
before Joel could find words to answer him.
"Come! we must hasten home."</p>
<p>Joel talked little during the next few days, and
stole away often to think by himself, in the quiet
little upper chamber on the roof.</p>
<p>Phineas was making his preparations to go back
to Jerusalem; and he urged the boy to go back
with him, and accept Simon's offer. Abigail, too,
added her persuasions to his; and even old Rabbi
Amos came down one day, and sat for an hour
under the fig-trees, painting in glowing colors the
life that might be his for the choosing.</p>
<p>It was a very alluring prospect; it had been
the dream of his life to travel in far countries.
He pictured himself surrounded by wealth and
culture; he would be able to do so much for his<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[249]</SPAN></span>
old friends. He could give back to Jesse and
Ruth a hundred fold, what had been bestowed on
him; and the poor—how much he could help
them, when he received a son's portion from the
wealthy Simon! O the hearts he could make
glad, all up and down the land!</p>
<p>The old day-dreams he used to delight in danced
temptingly before him. As he stood idly beside
the work-bench one afternoon, thinking of such a
future, a soft step behind him made him turn.
The hammer fell from his hand to the grass, as he
saw the woman who came timidly to meet him.</p>
<p>"Why, Aunt Leah!" he cried. "What brought
<i>you</i> here?"</p>
<p>He had not seen her since the night his Uncle
Laban had driven him from home.</p>
<p>She drew aside her veil, and looked at him.
"I heard you had been healed," she said, "and I
have always wanted to come and see you, and
tell you how glad I am; but my husband forbade
it. Child!" she cried abruptly, "how much
you look like your father! The likeness is
startling!"</p>
<p>The discovery seemed to make her forget what
she had come to say, and she stood and stared at
him; then she remembered. "Rabbi Amos
told me of the offer you have had from a rich<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</SPAN></span>
merchant in Bethany, and I came down here,
secretly, to beg you to accept it. In your
father's name I beg you!"</p>
<p>Joel looked perplexed. "I hardly know what
to do," he said. "Every one advises me just as
you do; but I feel that they are all wrong.
Surely the Master meant me as well as father
Phineas and the others, when He charged us to
go and preach the gospel to every creature."</p>
<p>A sudden interest came into the woman's face;
she took a step forward. "Joel, did <i>you</i> see Him
after He was risen?"</p>
<p>"Yes," he answered.</p>
<p>"Oh, I believe then that He is the Christ!"
she cried. "I have thought all the time that it
might be so, and the children are so sure of
it."</p>
<p>"And Uncle Laban?" questioned Joel.</p>
<p>She shook her head sadly. "He grows more
bitterly opposed every day."</p>
<p>"Aunt Leah," he asked, coming back to the
first question, "don't you think He must have
meant me as well as those men?"</p>
<p>"Oh, hardly," she said, hesitatingly, "you are
so young, and there are so many others to do
it; it would surely be better for you to go to
Bethany."</p>
<hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[251]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>After she had gone home, he put away his
tools, and, like one in a dream, started slowly
towards the mountain.</p>
<p>The same summer stillness reigned on its shady
slopes as when the five hundred had gathered
there. He climbed up near the summit, and sat
down on a high stone.</p>
<p>To the eastward the Galilee glittered like a
sapphire in the sun; Capernaum seemed like a
great ant-hill in commotion. No wonder he
could not think among all those conflicting
voices; he was glad he had come up where it
was so still.</p>
<p>Phineas was going away in the morning. If
Joel went also, maybe he would never look
down on that scene again.</p>
<p>Then almost as if some living voice broke the
stillness, he heard the words: "Go ye into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature!" It was the echo of the words that
had fallen from the Master's lips. Nothing once
uttered by that voice can ever die; it lives on
and on in the ever-widening circles of the
centuries, as a ripple, once started, rings shoreward
through the seas.</p>
<p>In that instant all the things he had been considering
seemed so small and worthless. He had been<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[252]</SPAN></span>
planning to give Simon's gold and silver to the
poor; but the Master had given them His life,
Himself! Could he do less?</p>
<p>"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least
of these, ye have done it unto me," something
seemed to say to him. Yes; he could do it for the
Master's sake, for the One who had healed him,
for the One who had died for him.</p>
<p>Then and there, high up in the mountain's
solitudes, he found the path he was to follow;
and then he wondered how he could have thought
for an instant of making any other choice. It
was the path the Master's own feet had trod,
and the boy who had followed, knew well what
a weary way it led.</p>
<p>For his great love's sake, he gave up the old
ambitions, the self-centred hopes, saying, in a
low tone, as if he felt the beloved Presence very
near, "Oh, I want to serve Thee truly! If I
am too young now to go out into all the world, let
me be Thy little cup-bearer here at home, to
carry the story of Thy life and love to those
around me!"</p>
<p>The west was all alight with the glory of the
sunset; somewhere beyond its burnished portals
lay the City of the King. Joel turned from its
dazzling depths to look downward into the valley.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[253]</SPAN></span>
He had chosen persecution and sacrifice and
suffering, he knew, but the light on his face was
more than the halo of the summer sunset.</p>
<p>As he went down the mountain to his life of
lowly service, a deep peace fell warm across his
heart; for the promise went with him, a staff to
bear him up through all his after life's long pilgrimage:
"<span class="smcap">Lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world!</span>"</p>
<div class='center'>THE END</div>
<hr class="chap" />
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_1ad" id="Page_1ad">[1]</SPAN></span></p>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="List of titles">
<tr><td align="center"><b>LIST OF TITLES</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>QUEEN HILDEGARDE</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>HILDEGARDE'S HOME</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>HILDEGARDE'S NEIGHBORS</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>THREE MARGARETS</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>MARGARET MONTFORT</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>PEGGY</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>RITA</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>FERNLEY HOUSE</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><b>THE MERRYWEATHERS</b></td></tr>
</table></div>
<hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_6ad" id="Page_6ad">[6]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>THE CAPTAIN JANUARY SERIES</h2>
<div class='center'>By <span class="smcap">Laura E. Richards</span><br/>
<i>Each 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume.</i> <i>Net</i>, 50 cents; carriage paid, 60 cents<br/></div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>CAPTAIN JANUARY</span></div>
<p>A charming idyl of New England coast life, whose
success has been very remarkable.</p>
<div class="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="prices">
<tr><td align="left">SAME. <i>Illustrated Holiday Edition</i></td><td align="left">$1.25</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">SAME, <span class="smcap">French Text</span>. <i>Illustrated Holiday Edition</i> </td><td align="left">$1.25</td></tr>
</table></div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>MELODY:</span> <span class="smcap">The Story of a Child</span>.</div>
<div class='center'>
SAME. <i>Illustrated Holiday Edition</i> $1.25<br/></div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>MARIE</span></div>
<p>A companion to "Melody" and "Captain January."</p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>ROSIN THE BEAU</span></div>
<p>A sequel to "Melody" and "Marie."</p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>SNOW-WHITE;</span> <span class="smcap">Or, The House in the Wood</span>.</div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>JIM OF HELLAS;</span> <span class="smcap">Or, In Durance Vile</span>, and
a companion story, <span class="smcap">Bethesda Pool</span>.</div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>NARCISSA</span></div>
<p>And a companion story, <span class="smcap">In Verona</span>, being two delightful
short stories of New England life.</p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>"SOME SAY"</span></div>
<p>And a companion story, <span class="smcap">Neighbors in Cyrus</span>.</p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>NAUTILUS</span></div>
<p>"'Nautilus' is by far the best product of the author's
powers, and is certain to achieve the wide success it so
richly merits."</p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>ISLA HERON</span></div>
<p>This interesting story is written in the author's usual
charming manner.</p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE MASTER</span></div>
<p>"A well told, interesting tale of a high character."—<i>California
Gateway Gazette.</i></p>
<hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_7ad" id="Page_7ad">[7]</SPAN></span></p>
<div class='adtitle2'>DELIGHTFUL BOOKS FOR LITTLE<br/>
FOLKS</div>
<div class='center'><br/>By <span class="smcap">Laura E. Richards</span><br/><br/></div>
<div class='adtitle4'><br/>THREE MINUTE STORIES</div>
<p>Cloth decorative, 12mo, with eight plates in full color
and many text illustrations by Josephine Bruce.</p>
<div class='center'>
<i>Net</i> $1.25; carriage paid $1.40<br/></div>
<p>"Little ones will understand and delight in the stories
and poems."—<i>Indianapolis News.</i></p>
<div class='adtitle4'><br/>FIVE MINUTE STORIES</div>
<div class='center'>
Cloth decorative, square 12mo, illustrated $1.25<br/></div>
<p>A charming collection of short stories and clever poems
for children.</p>
<div class='adtitle4'><br/>MORE FIVE MINUTE STORIES</div>
<div class='center'>
Cloth decorative, square 12mo, illustrated $1.25<br/></div>
<p>A noteworthy collection of short stories and poems
for children, which will prove as popular with mothers
as with boys and girls.</p>
<div class='adtitle4'><br/>FIVE MICE IN A MOUSE TRAP</div>
<div class='center'>
Cloth decorative, square 12mo, illustrated $1.25<br/></div>
<p>The story of their lives and other wonderful things
related by the Man in the Moon, done in the vernacular
from the lunacular form by Laura E. Richards.</p>
<div class='adtitle4'><br/>WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE</div>
<div class='center'>
Cloth, 8vo, illustrated $1.25<br/></div>
<p>The title most happily introduces the reader to the
charming home life of Doctor Howe and Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, during the childhood of the author.</p>
<div class='adtitle4'><br/>A HAPPY LITTLE TIME</div>
<div class='center'>
Cloth, 8vo, illustrated $1.25<br/></div>
<p>Little Betty and the happy time she had will appeal
strongly to mothers as well as to the little ones who will
have this story read to them, and appeal all the more
on account of its being such a "real" story.</p>
<hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_8ad" id="Page_8ad">[8]</SPAN></span></p>
<div class='adtitle2'>THE BOYS' STORY OF THE<br/>
RAILROAD SERIES</div>
<div class='center'>By <span class="smcap">Burton E. Stevenson</span><br/>
<br/>
<i>Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume</i> $1.50<br/></div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE YOUNG SECTION-HAND;</span> <span class="smcap">Or, The Adventures
of Allan West</span>.</div>
<p>"A thrilling story, well told, clean and bright. The
whole range of section railroading is covered in the story,
and it contains information as well as interest."—<i>Chicago
Post.</i></p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE YOUNG TRAIN DISPATCHER</span></div>
<p>"A vivacious account of the varied and often hazardous
nature of railroad life, full of incident and adventure,
in which the author has woven admirable advice about
honesty, manliness, self-culture, good reading, and the
secrets of success."—<i>Congregationalist.</i></p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE YOUNG TRAIN MASTER</span></div>
<p>"It is a book that can be unreservedly commended to
anyone who loves a good, wholesome, thrilling, informing
yarn."—<i>Passaic News.</i></p>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE YOUNG APPRENTICE;</span> <span class="smcap">Or, Allan West's
Chum</span>.</div>
<p>"The story is intensely interesting, and one gains an
intimate knowledge of the methods and works in the
great car shops not easily gained elsewhere."—<i>Baltimore
Sun.</i></p>
<p>"It appeals to every boy of enterprising spirit, and at
the same time teaches him some valuable lessons in honor,
pluck, and perseverance."—<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer.</i></p>
<p>"The lessons that the books teach in development of
uprightness, honesty and true manly character are sure
to appeal to the reader."—<i>The American Boy.</i></p>
<hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_9ad" id="Page_9ad">[9]</SPAN></span></p>
<div class='adtitle2'>THE LITTLE COLONEL BOOKS</div>
<div class='center'><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span><br/>
<br/>
By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows Johnston</span><br/>
<br/>
<i>Each large 12mo, cloth, illustrated, per volume</i> $1.50<br/></div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL STORIES</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span><br/></div>
<p>Being three "Little Colonel" stories in the Cosy Corner
Series, "The Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights of
Kentucky," and "The Giant Scissors," in a single volume.</p>
<div class='unindent'>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOUSE PARTY</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOLIDAYS</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HERO</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL AT BOARDING-SCHOOL</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL IN ARIZONA</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS VACATION</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL, MAID OF HONOR</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT COMES RIDING</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>MARY WARE: THE LITTLE COLONEL'S CHUM</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>MARY WARE IN TEXAS</span><br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>MARY WARE'S PROMISED LAND</span><br/></div>
<div class='center'>
<i>These twelve volumes, boxed as a set</i>, $18.00.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_10ad" id="Page_10ad">[10]</SPAN></span><br/></div>
<div class='adtitle3'><br/>SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITIONS</div>
<div class='center'>
<i>Each small quarto, cloth decorative, per volume</i> $1.25<br/></div>
<p>New plates, handsomely illustrated with eight full-page
drawings in color, and many marginal sketches.</p>
<div class='unindent'>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;"><span class='small'>(Trade Mark)</span></span>)<br/>
<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>TWO LITTLE KNIGHTS OF KENTUCKY</span><br/>
<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE GIANT SCISSORS</span><br/>
<br/>
<span class='adtitle4'><br/>BIG BROTHER</span><br/></div>
<div class='adtitle3'>THE JOHNSTON JEWEL SERIES</div>
<div class='center'>
<i>Each small 16mo, cloth decorative, with frontispiece and decorative text borders, per volume</i> <i>Net</i> $0.50<br/></div>
<div class='hang1'><span class='adtitle4'>IN THE DESERT OF WAITING:</span> <span class="smcap">The Legend
of Camelback Mountain</span>.</div>
<div class='hang1'><span class='adtitle4'>THE THREE WEAVERS:</span> <span class="smcap">A Fairy Tale for
Fathers and Mothers as Well as for Their
Daughters</span>.</div>
<div class='hang1'><span class='adtitle4'>KEEPING TRYST:</span> <span class="smcap">A Tale of King Arthur's
Time</span>.</div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'>THE LEGEND OF THE BLEEDING HEART</span></div>
<div class='hang1'><span class='adtitle4'>THE RESCUE OF PRINCESS WINSOME:</span>
<span class="smcap">A Fairy Play for Old and Young</span>.</div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'>THE JESTER'S SWORD</span></div>
<div class='center'>———————</div>
<div class='unindent'><span class='adtitle4'><br/>THE LITTLE COLONEL'S GOOD TIMES BOOK</span></div>
<div class="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
<tr><td align="left">Uniform in size with the Little Colonel Series </td><td align="right">$1.50</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Bound in white kid (morocco) and gold </td><td align="right"><i>Net</i> 3.00</td></tr>
</table></div>
<p>Cover design and decorations by Peter Verberg.</p>
<p>"A mighty attractive volume in which the owner may
record the good times she has on decorated pages, and
under the directions as it were of Annie Fellows Johnston."—<i>Buffalo
Express.</i></p>
<hr class="tb" />
<div class='tnote'><h3>Transcriber's Notes:</h3>
<p>Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Varied hyphenation as in "head-dress"
and "headdress" was retained.</p>
<p>The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will <ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'apprear'">appear</ins>.</p>
<div><b>List of changes made</b><br/>
Page 11, word "an" removed from text. Original read (never be an any better)<br/>
Page 32, "a good" changed to "good a" (too good a man to)<br/>
Page 68, "persistance" changed to "persistence" (persistence with which the)<br/>
Page 68, "coin" changed to "coins" (small bag of coins)<br/>
Page 90, "acknowleged" changed to "acknowledged" (he acknowledged proudly)<br/>
Page 101, "That" changed to "that" (unto you that)<br/>
Page 114, "Was" changed to "was" (was Joel's constant)<br/>
Page 116, "kness" changed to "knees" (his knees in readiness)</div> </div>
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