71

She was pronounced a "regular little love" by the
Misses Bryne-Stivers 91

"I don't see how you're going to dance in them" 95

"But is she _very_ sick?" 101

She glanced up the incline of the see-saw to the height
whence Irene looked down 153

"I want you--come!" the Indian princess announced 163

They had coasted only half a block 169

"Oh, you needn't glare at me!" exclaimed Bep 183

A train meant domesticity and dignity to Sissy. In
Split it bred and fostered a spirit of coquetry 223

Stamping ... in a frenzy 229

Madigan banged the door behind him as he fled 237

"Here would I rest," she chanted 253

She walked a step or two with him 261

THE MADIGANS

CECILIA THE PHARISEE

I, Cecilia Morgan Madigan, being of sound mind and in
purfect bodily health, and residing in Virginia City,
Nevada, do hereby on this first day of April solemnly
promise:

1. That I will be Number 1 this next month at school.

2. That I will be pachient with Papa, and try to stand
him.

3. That I will set Bep--yes, and Fom too, even if she is
Irene's partner--a good example.

4. That I will not once this next month pinch Aunt
Anne's sensative plant--no matter what she does to me.

5. That I will dust the back legs of the piano even when
Mrs. Pemberton isn't expected.

6. That I will help Kate controll her temper, and not
mock and aggravate her when she sulks.

7. That I will be a little mother to Frank and teach her
to grow up and be a creddit to the famly.

8. That I will not steal candy out of Kate's
pocket--without first begging her very hard to give me
some.

9. That I will practice The Gazelle fathfully every
solatary day. And give up reading on the sly while I
play 5-finger exercises.

10. That I will try to bear with Irene. That I will do
all I can not to fight with her--but she is a selfish
devvil who is always in the wrong.

And all this I solemnly promise myself without being
coersed in any way, of my own free will, without let or
hidrance, because I want to be good.

_Cecilia Morgan Ma