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Title: Three People

Author: Pansy

Release Date: March 13, 2007 [EBook #20808]

Language: English

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THREE PEOPLE

BY
PANSY

AUTHOR OF "LOST ON THE TRAIL," "TIP LEWIS AND
HIS LAMP," "ESTER RIED," "FOUR GIRLS AT CHAUTAUQUA,"
"CHAUTAUQUA GIRLS AT HOME," ETC.

[Illustration]

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

[Illustration] PANSY [Illustration]

TRADE-MARK

Registered in U. S. Patent Office.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, by
WESTERN TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY,
In the Office of the Congressional Librarian, District of
Columbia, 1871.

COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY ISABELLA M. ALDEN.

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THREE PEOPLE.

[Illustration: "ARE YOU A TOTAL ABSTAINER?"--_Page 60._]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. SOME BABIES 5
II. JOHN BIRGE'S OPPORTUNITY 15
III. WOLFIE 26
IV. BRAIN WORK 37
V. TODE'S AMBITION 49
VI. NEW IDEAS 57
VII. TWO T'S 67
VIII. WHICH SHALL PROSPER, THIS OR THAT? 77
IX. TAKE IT AWAY 89
X. HABAKKUK 100
XI. BUSINESS AND BOTTLES 113
XII. THE STEPPING STONE 128
XIII. TODE'S REAL ESTATE 145
XIV. SIGNS AND WONDERS 162
XV. EXIT TODE MALL 178
XVI. PLEDGES AND PARTNERSHIPS 195
XVII. TRANSLATIONS 211
XVIII. WINE