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Title: The Princess and Joe Potter

Author: James Otis

Illustrator: Violet Oakley

Release Date: May 4, 2010 [EBook #32249]

Language: English

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THE PRINCESS AND JOE POTTER

[Illustration: JOE FINDING THE PRINCESS.

(_See page 22._)]

THE PRINCESS AND JOE POTTER

BY

JAMES OTIS

AUTHOR OF

"JENNY WREN'S BOARDING-HOUSE," "TEDDY AND CARROTS," ETC.

Illustrated by

VIOLET OAKLEY

[Illustration]

BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1898_
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT

Colonial Press:
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A RUINED MERCHANT 11

II. THE PRINCESS 26

III. AN ADVERTISEMENT 41

IV. JOE'S FLIGHT 60

V. IN THE CITY 73

VI. DAN, THE DETECTIVE 86

VII. AUNT DORCAS 98

VIII. A HUNGRY DETECTIVE 115

IX. A FUGITIVE 127

X. THE JOURNEY 141

XI. A BRIBE 157

XII. A STRUGGLE IN THE NIGHT 171

XIII. A CONFESSION 188

XIV. A RAY OF LIGHT 201

XV. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL 219

XVI. THE REWARD 234

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

JOE FINDING THE PRINCESS _Frontispiece_

"HE BEGAN TO FEED THE LITTLE MAID" 51

"DAN POINTED TO AN ADVERTISEMENT" 57

"'MAY WE COME IN AN' STAY A LITTLE WHILE?'" 81

"JOE POINTED TO A TINY COTTAGE" 101

"SHE HAD A PLATE HEAPED HIGH WITH COOKIES" 108

"'WELL, BLESS THE BOY, HE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLANT POTATOES!'"