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Title: Polly of Lady Gay Cottage

Author: Emma C. Dowd

Release Date: June 10, 2009 [EBook #29088]

Language: English

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POLLY
OF LADY GAY COTTAGE

BY

EMMA C. DOWD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY EMMA C. DOWD

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

[Illustration: HAROLD WESTWOOD!]

TO
MY CRITIC, COUNSELOR
AND COMRADE

CONTENTS

I. THE ROSEWOOD BOX 1

II. LEONORA'S WONDERFUL NEWS 12

III. A WHIFF OF SLANDER 20

IV. COUSINS 36

V. A MONOPOLIST AND A FANFARON 46

VI. "NOT FOR SALE" 66

VII. THE BLIZZARD 73

VIII. THE INTERMEDIATE BIRTHDAY PARTY 89

IX. THE EIGHTH ROSE 105

X. A VISIT FROM ERASTUS BEAN 119

XI. UNCLE MAURICE AT LADY GAY COTTAGE 125

XII. LITTLE CHRIS 138

XIII. ILGA BARRON 152

XIV. POLLY IN NEW YORK 165

XV. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST 175

XVI. ROSES AND THORNS 184

XVII. A SUMMER NIGHT MYSTERY 194

XVIII. AT MIDVALE SPRINGS 212

XIX. TWO LETTERS 237

XX. MRS. JOCELYN'S DINNER-PARTY 250

POLLY OF LADY GAY COTTAGE

CHAPTER I

THE ROSEWOOD BOX

The telephone bell cut sharp into Polly's story.

She was recounting one of the merry hours that Mrs. Jocelyn had given
to her and Leonora, while Dr. Dudley and his wife were taking their