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Heart of Gold
"Peace, Peace! Come down. You'll fall! You'll fall!"
HEART of GOLD
BY
RUTH ALBERTA BROWN
Author of "At the Little Brown House," "The
Lilac Lady," "Tabitha at Ivy Hall,"
"Tabitha's Vacation," "Tabitha's
Glory," Etc.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AKRON, OHIO NEW YORK
MADE IN U. S. A.
Copyright, MCMXV
By
The Saalfield Publishing Company
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. THE GIRL WHO TOOK A DARE
- CHAPTER II. THE SCRAP-BOOK BRIGADE
- CHAPTER III. GUSSIE'S NEW PLAY
- CHAPTER IV. PEACE LEARNS THE BITTER TRUTH
- CHAPTER V. THE LILAC LADY'S MESSAGE
- CHAPTER VI. THE PARSONAGE TWINS
- CHAPTER VII. AN ENDLESS CHAIN OF LETTERS
- CHAPTER VIII. ALLEE'S ALBUM
- CHAPTER IX. PEACE INTERVIEWS THE BISHOP
- CHAPTER X. THE NEW PASTOR OF SOUTH AVENUE CHURCH
- CHAPTER XI. DOCTOR DICK
- CHAPTER XII. MISS WAYNE
- CHAPTER XIII. THE LITTLE AUTHOR LADY
- CHAPTER XIV. KETURAH AND BILLY BOLEE
- CHAPTER XV. THE RING THAT BUILT A HOSPITAL
- CHAPTER XVI. PEACE DISCOVERS SOME SECRETS
- CHAPTER XVII. A HOSPITAL WEDDING
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE SEVEN MCGEES
- CHAPTER XIX. WONDERFUL TIDINGS
Heart of Gold
CHAPTER I
THE GIRL WHO TOOK A DARE
"Attention, children! Close copy books and pass them to the right.Monitors, collect."
Tired Miss Phelps laid down her crayon, with one sweep of her arm erasedthe letter exercises she had so laboriously traced on the blackboard forher fifty pupils to copy, wiped the clinging chalk from her dry, chappedhands, and sank wearily into her chair beside the littered desk, as sheissued her commands in sharp, almost impatient tones. Her head achedfiercely, her brain seemed on fire, the subdued scratching of scores ofpens in unskill