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Title: Big Brother

Author: Annie Fellows-Johnston

Release Date: June 3, 2006 [EBook #18496]

Language: English

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BIG BROTHER

[Illustration: ROBIN]

"_Cosy Corner Series_"

BIG BROTHER

BY

ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON

[Illustration]

BOSTON
JOSEPH KNIGHT COMPANY
1894

COPYRIGHT, 1893
BY
JOSEPH KNIGHT COMPANY

[Illustration: ILLUSTRATIONS]

PAGE

ROBIN _Frontispiece_

"A BAREFOOT GIRL WEARING A SUNBONNET" 1

"MRS. ESTEL WAS LISTENING TO LITTLE SCRAPS OF HISTORY," ETC. 9

"THE LITTLE WHITE COTTAGE IN NEW JERSEY," 19

"ROBIN FOLLOWED HIM EVERYWHERE" 21

"STEVEN WOULD COAX HIM OVER IN A CORNER TO LOOK AT THE BOOK" 23

"THE BLACK DANCING BEAR HAD ALWAYS TO BE PUT TO BED" 26

"ONCE HE TOOK A BALL OF YARN TO ROLL AFTER THE WHITE KITTEN" 29

"HE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE HOUSE," ETC. 43

"THEY COMMENCED TO BUILD A SNOW MAN" 54

BIG BROTHER.

Every coach on the long western-bound train was crowded with
passengers. Dust and smoke poured in at the windows and even the
breeze seemed hot as it blew across the prairie cornfields burning in
the July sun.

[Illustration]

It was a relief when the engine stopped at last in front of a small
village depot. There was a rush for the lunch counter and the
restaurant door, where a noisy gong announced dinner.

"Blackberries! blackberries!" called a shrill little voice on the
platform. A barefoot girl, wearing a sunbonnet, passed under the car
windows, holding up a basket full, that shone like great black beads.
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