LADDIE
A TRUE BLUE STORY


To
LEANDER ELLIOT STRATTON
"The Way to Be Happy Is to Be Good"


Contents

CHAPTER                                         
I.      Little Sister
II.     Our Angel Boy
III.    Mr. Pryor's Door
IV.     The Last Day in Eden
V.      The First Day of School
VI.     The Wedding Gown
VII.    When Sally Married Peter
VIII.   The Shropshire and the Crusader
IX.     "Even So"
X.      Laddie Takes the Plunge
XI.     Keeping Christmas Our Way
XII.    The Horn of the Hunter
XIII.   The Garden of the Lord
XIV.    The Crest of Eastbrooke
XV.     Laddie, the Princess, and the Pie
XVI.    The Homing Pigeon
XVII.   In Faith Believing
XVIII.  The Pryor Mystery


LADDIE

CHARACTERS

LADDIE, Who Loved and Asked No Questions.
THE PRINCESS, From the House of Mystery.
LEON, Our Angel Child.
LITTLE SISTER, Who Tells What Happened.
MR. and MRS. STANTON, Who Faced Life Shoulder to Shoulder.
SALLY and PETER, Who Married Each Other.
ELIZABETH, SHELLEY, MAY and Other Stanton Children.
MR. and MRS. PRYOR, Father and Mother of the Princess.
ROBERT PAGET, a Chicago Lawyer.
MRS. FRESHETT, Who Offered Her Life for Her Friend.
CANDACE, the Cook.
MISS AMELIA, the School Mistress.
Interested Relatives, Friends, and Neighbours.