56
Wanted--A Real Mother 61
The Fir Tree and the Willow Wand 69
The Two Searchers 73
Why Elizabeth Was Chosen 77
Janie's School Days 81
Self-Made Men 89
On The Road to Womanhood 92
Her Prayer 97
The Best Day 105
In the Way 108
An Old, Old Story 114
His Debt 119
How Kagigegabo Became a Brave 123
The White Flower of Happiness 129
The Speaking Picture 134
The Quest 138
The Treasure 141

FIRESIDE STORIES FOR GIRLS IN THEIR TEENS

I WOULD BE TRUE

'Twas a beautiful day in the late fall and the roadside was lined with the
late asters and goldenrod. The sun was shining so brightly and the sky was
as blue as a New Hampshire sky could be, yet the girl, walking along the
winding, climbing road, saw none of them. The little brook by the roadside
whispered and chattered as it ran along, yet she did not hear; a few late
birds still twittered to her from the trees, but she did not notice; a
chipmunk called to her from a dead tree by the roadside, but she paid not
the least attention. She was alone with her thoughts and they were far
from pleasant.

How different it all seemed from what it had seemed six months before!
Then she had stood in the office of a great doctor in Philadelphia and
heard him say to her father, "Unless you leave the city at once and go
where there is pure air and simple food and real quiet, there is no help
for you."

The father had looked at the doctor for a moment in silence and then
answered, "Well, if that is the case, I am sorry, for I cannot leave the
city. My business needs me; Katherine is in college and she must be here.
I shall stay."

But with flashing eyes the girl had stepped to the doctor and said,
"Father is mistaken, doctor. His business can do without him and there is
no need at all why he should stay here for me. There is a dear little old
place in the hills of New Hampshire that belongs to us, where grandfather
used to live. We can go there and have all the things that you have said
he must have. You may leave the matter with me. We shall be out of the
city within two weeks."

Then turning to her father she had put her arms about his neck and said,
"Of