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Mary Ware in Texas




  MARY WARE IN TEXAS

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  Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

  The Little Colonel Series

  (_Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of._)

  Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

  The Little Colonel Stories $1.50

  (Containing in one volume the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.")

  The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50 The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50 The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50 The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50 The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50 The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50 The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50 The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 1.50 Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum 1.50 Mary Ware in Texas 1.50

  The above 11 vols., _boxed_ with The Little Colonel Good Times Book, as a set of 12 vols. 18.00

  The Little Colonel Good Times Book 1.50 The Little Colonel Doll Book 1.50

  Illustrated Holiday Editions

  Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in colour

  The Little Colonel $1.25 The Giant Scissors 1.25 Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25 Big Brother 1.25

  Cosy Corner Series

  Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

  The Little Colonel $.50 The Giant Scissors .50 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50 Big Brother .50 Ole Mammy's Torment .50 The Story of Dago .50 Cicely .50 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50 The Quilt that Jack Built .50 Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50 Mildred's Inheritance .50

  Other Books

  Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .50 The Three Weavers .50 Keeping Tryst .50 The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50 The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50 The Jester's Sword .50 Asa Holmes 1.00

  L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

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  It would have been joy to her soul could she have seenherself----

  MARY WARE IN TEXAS Chap XIII]

  MARY WARE IN TEXAS

  by

  ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

  Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother,""Ole Mammy's Torment," "Joel: A Boy ofGalilee," "Asa Holmes," etc.

  Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill

  Boston * L. C. Page& Company * MDCCCCX

  Copyright, 1910,By L. C. Page & Company(Incorporated)

  Entered at Stationer's Hall, London

  All rights reserved

  First Impression, October, 1910

  Electrotyped and Printed byThe Colonial PressC. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

  TO F. V. P.