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[Illustration: _After the Battle._ See page 99]
BEING SOME CHAPTERS FROM THE ANNALS OF THE WADDLES FAMILY, SET DOWN IN THE LANGUAGE OF HOUSEPEOPLE
BY MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AUTHOR OF “TOMMY-ANNE,” “THE FRIENDSHIP OF NATURE” “BIRDCRAFT,” ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED BY PORTRAITS FROM LIFE BY THE AUTHOR_
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1902
COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
“Such soft, warm bodies to cuddle, Such queer little hearts to beat; Such swift, round tongues to kiss, Such sprawling, cushiony feet. She could feel in her clasping fingers The touch of the satiny skin, And a cold, wet nose exploring The dimples under her chin.”
This Book is for all those who love children and dogs
I. Enter Mrs. Waddles 1 II. Miss Letty and Hamlet 28 III. Trouble Begins 60 IV. Exit Lumberlegs 81 V. Jack and Jill Waddles 104 VI. Table Boarders 138 VII. Five O’clock Teas 171 VIII. A Hen Party 201 IX. The Herb Witch 220 X. Told by the Fire 247 XI. “Over the Hills and Far Away!” 274 XII. The Sixlets 300 XIII. Ben Uncas’s Last Hunt 331 XIV. The Barbed Wire Fence 367 XV. The Wedding 399
PAGE DINAH, LARK, PHŒBE, AND BOBWHITE vii THE MAYOR OF DOGTOWN 15 HAPPY’S FIRST VIEW OF WADDLES 22 MISS LETTY 37 TOMMY AND LUMBERLEGS 61 “HE STOOD TRANSFIXED” 79 MISS MUFFET, BROTHER, AND LUMBERLEGS 102 TOAD HUNTING 118 ANNE DREW BACK THE CURTAIN AND LOOKED OUT 134 ANNE AND TOMMY 148 WADDLES BAYING THE OWLS 163 “WADDLES DREW BACK AND EYED IT RUEFULLY” 170 “ONE LUMP OR TWO, PLEASE?” 182 THE HERB WITCH 239 MISS LETTY FEEDING THE KENNEL DOGS 272 “PULLING A BRANCH DOWN WITH HER WHIP” 278 “HE STOOD IN THE GATEWAY HOLDING HIS GUN” 285 ANTONIO AND THE YOUNG SPANIELS 292 THE SIXLETS 301 NAMING THE PUPS 317 ON GUARD 326 THE REWARD 347 BEN UNCAS 354 JIM (Seeley photo) 362 “MISS LETTY WAS WAITING WITH A SMILE” 378 TOMMY WALKED ON IN SILENCE 380 TOMMY MEETS THE RABBIT 386
MRS. WADDLES 1 AUNT PRUE AND THE CAT BASKET 8 WADDLES GREETING AUNT PRUE 12 ANNE AND FOX 30 HAMLET BEGGING (Pach Photo) 43 HAMLET READING (Pach Photo) 46 MR. HUGH’S HORSE 54 “HIS HEAVY CURLS WERE A MAT OF MUD AND BURRS” 58 “THE MAIL BAG SWINGING FROM ITS GALLOWS” 64 LILY 68 THE GAME OF SNATCH BONE 71 WADDLES DETHRONED 74 LUMBERLEGS 81 WADDLES SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR 90 WHEN WADDLES WAS ILL 100 JACK AND JILL WADDLES 104 CURIOSITY 115 WRESTLING 121 “JACK WATCHED HER OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE EYE” 127 JACK WADDLES 129 THE JAY AT BREAKFAST 154 AN OWL BABY 156 MAMMA OWL 160 THE DAYTIME PERCH 165 “BUTTER’S COME!” 178 “THEY WERE HERALDED BY MUCH CREAKING OF WHEELS” 185 WADDLES FINDS THE CAKE BASKET 199 A HEN PARTY 201 AT THE CROSS-ROADS 220 THE CHICKEN COOP 227 THE HERB WITCH’S HOME 228 “ALSO GEESE THAT MAKE GOOD GUIDE-POSTS” 246 THE KENNEL YARD 256 A BOARDER 258 THE PUPPIES’ BATH-TUB 262 IN THE KENNEL KITCHEN 263 MARTIN BAKING BREAD 266 READY FOR TRAVEL 268 FLO POINTING 281 SILVER-TONGUE 296 HAPPY AT HOME 307 BIG BROTHER 309 IN MISCHIEF 312 LEAP-FROG 322 OUT OF SCHOOL 324 “DRINK, PUPPY, DRINK!” 330 WATCHING OUT 335 QUICK 338 COLIN 344 “A GREAT OWL WITH A SMOOTH ROUND HEAD” 383 THE BRIDE 401 “TOMMY SHOUTED ‘ME!’” 402 “HE SUCCEEDED IN SITTING UPRIGHT” 404 “TIP MOUNTED GUARD UNTIL NIGHT CAME” 405