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Wheat and Huckleberries
“MORTON FOUND TIME TO ANSWER ALL HER QUESTIONS.”
WHEAT AND HUCKLEBERRIES
OR
DR. NORTHMORE’S DAUGHTERS
BY
CHARLOTTE M. VAILE
ILLUSTRATED BY
ALICE BARBER STEVENS
BOSTON AND CHICAGO
W. A. WILDE COMPANY
Copyright, 1899,
By W. A. Wilde Company.
All rights reserved.
WHEAT AND HUCKLEBERRIES.
To J. F. V.
This Story
TOO SLIGHT TO BE AN OFFERING TO HIM, BUT WRITTEN
IN DEAR REMEMBRANCE OF HIS EARLY HOME
AND OF MINE
Is Lovingly Dedicated
C. M. V.
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I—HARVEST AT THE FARM
- CHAPTER II—TALKING IT OVER
- CHAPTER III—BETWEEN TIMES
- CHAPTER IV—AT THE OLD PLACE
- CHAPTER V—AUNT KATHARINE SAXON
- CHAPTER VI—AUNT KATHARINE—CONTINUED
- CHAPTER VII—HUCKLEBERRYING
- CHAPTER VIII—A PAIR OF CALLS
- CHAPTER IX—A GLIMPSE FROM THE INSIDE
- CHAPTER X—SOME BITS OF POETRY
- CHAPTER XI—AN OUTING AND AN INVITATION
- CHAPTER XII—WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
- CHAPTER XIII—INTO THE WEST AGAIN
- CHAPTER XIV—THE NABOB MAKES AN IMPRESSION
- CHAPTER XV—ESTHER GOES TO PRAYER-MEETING
- CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE GET HOME
ILLUSTRATIONS
- “Morton found time to answer all her questions”
- “He leaned on the gate when he had opened it for the girls”
- “She opened the door in person”
- “Tom and Kate watched them go”
- “‘It has been delightful to see you in this lovely old home’”
CHAPTER I—HARVEST AT THE FARM
Just how Dr. Philip Northmore came to be the owner of a farm had never been quite clear to his fellow-townsmen. That he had boug