221

XVIII. DIARY--THE MUSIC MASTER 226

XIX. DIARY--THE FIRST LESSON 229

XX. DIARY--SEEING THE CITY 235

XXI. DIARY--CHRYSALIS 240

XXII. DIARY--TRANSFORMATION 245

XXIII. DIARY--PLAIN FOR A NIGHT 251

XXIV. DIARY--DECLARATIONS 256

XXV. DIARY--"THE LINK MUST BREAK AND THE LAMP MUST DIE" 261

XXVI. "HAME'S BEST" 268

XXVII. TRAILING ARBUTUS 271

XXVIII. MOTHER BAB AND HER SON 284

XXIX. PREPARATIONS 291

XXX. THE FEAST OF ROSES 295

XXXI. BLINDNESS 303

XXXII. OFF TO THE NAVY 310

XXXIII. THE ONE CHANCE 315

XXXIV. BUSY DAYS 319

XXXV. DAVID'S SHARE 327

XXXVI. DAVID'S RETURN 331

XXXVII. "A LOVE THAT LIFE COULD NEVER TIRE" 335

Patchwork

CHAPTER I

CALICO PATCHWORK

THE gorgeous sunshine of a perfect June morning invited to the great
outdoors. Exquisite perfume from myriad blossoms tempted lovers of
nature to get away from cramped, man-made buildings, out under the blue
roof of heaven, and revel in the lavish splendor of the day.

This call of the Junetide came loudly and insistently to a little girl
as she sat in the sitting-room of a prosperous farmhouse in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, and sewed gaily-colored pieces of red and green
calico into patchwork.

"Ach, my!" she sighed, with all the dreariness which a ten-year-old is
capable of feeling, "why must I patch when it's so nice out? I just
ain't goin' to sew no more to-day!"

She rose, folded her work and laid it in her plaited rush sewing-basket.
Then she stood for a moment, irresolute, and listened to the sounds
issuing from the next room. She could hear her Aunt Maria bustle about
the big kitchen.

"Ach, I ain't afraid!"

The child opened the door and entered the kitchen, where the odor o