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Title: A Missionary Twig

Author: Emma L. Burnett

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A MISSIONARY TWIG.

by

EMMA L. BURNETT.

[Illustration: A Missionary Twig. FRONTISPIECE.]

[Illustration: Editor's arm]

American Tract Society,
150 Nassau Street, New York.

Copyright, 1890,
American Tract Society.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
Edith Tries to Explain 5

CHAPTER II.
What Mrs. Howell told them 14

CHAPTER III.
Marty Gets Started 21

CHAPTER IV.
Wholes instead of Tenths 29

CHAPTER V.
The Ebony Chair 39

CHAPTER VI.
The Empty Box 46

CHAPTER VII.
How Missions Helped the Home Folks 54

CHAPTER VIII.
"Not in the Good Times" 61

CHAPTER IX.
Jennie 72

CHAPTER X.
Laura Amelia 82

CHAPTER XI.
The Good Shepherd 91

CHAPTER XII.
"Now Don't Forget!" 99

CHAPTER XIII.
Off to the Mountains 108

CHAPTER XIV.
A Plan and a Talk 115

CHAPTER XV.
The Mountain Mission-Band 126

CHAPTER XVI.
A Flower Sale 135

CHAPTER XVII.
Weeding 144

CHAPTER XVIII.
The Hotel Missionary Meeting