Thunder and Gooseberry Bushes 234
XVI. Letters and a Surprise 249
XVII. Cousin May's Party 260
XVIII. The Children Go Exploring 272
XIX. Things Happen 286
XX. Off To the Ranch 298

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Until the water was dripping from noses and chins Frontispiece

Facing Page
By way of reply Katy opened the book and began 20
Wiping his eyes as the puffs came thicker 80
"Give her this on the train and--please carry it carefully" 154

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CHICKEN LITTLE JANE

CHAPTER I

ALICE AND THE SIEGE OF ACRE

"Chicken Little! Chick-en Lit-tle!"

The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one
responded.

"Chicken Little _Jane_!" The voice was a trifle more insistent.

The little girl in the blue gingham dress and white frilled pinafore
looked at her small hostess reproachfully.

"Why don't you answer, Jane?"

"'Cause I'll have to go in. She'll think I don't hear if I keep still."

"Ja-ane!--I want you!" The voice was several notes higher and betrayed
irritation.

"She's getting mad," said the little girl in the pink dress and white
frilled pinafore--sister to the blue dress. "You'd better go--she's
leaning out the window and she'll see us in a minute." Katy Halford was
facing the house and her facts agreed with what Jane Morton knew of her
mother's ways.

She got to her feet reluctantly.

"Yes-m, I'm coming!" she yelled in a shrill treble. "You come, too,
girls," she added in a lower tone. "Maybe she won't make me stay if I
have company."

"All right--let's tell her about Alice." Katy jumped up quickly.

Gertie Halford followed suit.

The two small sisters were as like as possible in dress and as unlike in
disposition. They were always immaculately starched and neat with their
thick brown hair parted in front and braided into smooth tight braids
ending in bows the exact shade of their dresses. These bows were a
constant source of envy to Jane Morton, because they never seemed to
drop off or hang b