The Gold of Chickaree

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THE

GOLD OF CHICKAREE

BY

SUSAN AND ANNA WARNER,

Authors of "WIDE, WIDE WORLD," and "DOLLARS AND CENTS," "WYCH HAZEL," etc.

"Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise, therefore, and be doing; and the Lord be with thee."—2 Chronicles.

NEW YORK

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

27 AND 29 WEST 23D STREET

COPYRIGHT

BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,

1876.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.—ON-DIT

CHAPTER II.—WHAT COMES OF ON-DIT

CHAPTER III.—CROSS THREADS

CHAPTER IV.—ABOUT THE GUARDIANSHIP

CHAPTER V.—ASLEEP AND AWAKE

CHAPTER VI.—A MAN AND HIS MONEY

CHAPTER VII.—THE EMERALD

CHAPTER VIII.—ACORNS AND ACORN-CUPS

CHAPTER IX.—ROLLO'S EXPERIMENT

CHAPTER X.—ROLLO'S COMPANY

CHAPTER XI.—STARLIGHT AND FIRELIGHT

CHAPTER XII.—COFFEE AND BUNS

CHAPTER XIII.—UNDER THE CHESTNUT TREES

CHAPTER XIV.—THE WORTH OF A FEATHER

CHAPTER XV.—CONFIDENTIAL TALK

CHAPTER XVI.—DR. ARTHUR'S NEWS

CHAPTER XVII.—ALONE IN THE FIGHT

CHAPTER XVIII.—SETTLEMENTS

CHAPTER XIX.—SCHOOLING

CHAPTER XX.—ABOUT CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER XXI.—THE LOSS OF POWER

CHAPTER XXII.—PREPARATORY FREAKS

CHAPTER XXIII.—FOR BETTER FOR WORSE

CHAPTER XXIV.—ONE AND ONE ARE TWO

CHAPTER XXV.—PRIM'S TRUNK

CHAPTER XXVI.—AN ACCOUNT AT THE BANK

CHAPTER XXVII.—THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE

CHAPTER XXVIII.— PLEASURE BY EXPRESS

CHAPTER XXIX.—SOCIAL DUTIES

CHAPTER XXX.—A TRAVELLING CLOCK

CHAPTER XXXI.—NOVICE WORK

CHAPTER XXXII.—SUPPER

CHAPTER XXXIII.—ABDICATION

CHAPTER XXXIV.—GOLD AT INTEREST

THE

GOLD OF CHICKAREE

CHAPTER I.

ON-DIT.

'Papa,' said Primrose, very thoughtfully, 'do you think Hazel will marry Duke?'

Dr. Maryland and his daughter were driving homeward after some business which had taken them to the village.

'She will if she knows what is good for her,' the doctor answered decidedly.

'But she has been away from Chickaree now nearly a year.'

'I don't know what her guardian is thinking of,' Dr. Maryland said, somewhat discontentedly.

'Duke is her guardian too,' remarked Primrose.

'You land a fish sometimes best with a long line, my dear.'

'People say she has been very gay at Newport.'

'I am sorry to hear it.'

'Do you think, papa, she would ever settle down and be quiet and give all such gayety up?'

'The answer to that lies in what I do not know, my dear.'

'Papa,' Primrose went on, after the pause of a minute, 'don't you think the will was rather hard upon Hazel?'

'No,' said the doctor, decidedly. 'What can a girl want more?'

'But if she does not like Duke?'

'She is not obliged to marry him.'

'But she can't marry anybody else, papa, without losing all her fortune, that is——'

'Till she is twenty-five, my dear; only till she is twenty-five. She is not obliged to wait any longer than that, and no woman need be married before she is twenty-five.'