Mother Carey's Chickens

By Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Book Id: WPLBN0000627164
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Title:	Mother Carey's Chickens
Author:	Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: I. MOTHER CAREY HERSELF ?By and by there came along a flock of petrels, who are Mother Carey?s own chickens... They flitted along like a flock of swallows, hopping and skipping from wave to wave, lifting their little feet behind them so daintily that Tom fell in love with them at once.? Nancy stopped reading and laid down the copy of ?Water Babies? on the sitting?room table. ?No more just now, Peter?bird,? she said; ?I hear mother coming.? It was a cold, dreary day in late October, with an east wind and a chill of early winter in the air. The cab stood in front of Captain Carey?s house, with a trunk beside the driver and a general air of expectancy on the part of neighbors at the opposite windows. Mrs. Carey came down the front stairway followed by Gilbert and Kathleen; Gilbert with his mother?s small bag and travelling cloak, Kathleen with her umbrella; while little Peter flew to the foot of the stairs with a small box of sandwiches pressed to his bosom.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Mother Carey's Chickens, 1 -- Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1 -- I. MOTHER CAREY HERSELF, 2 -- II. THE CHICKENS, 4 -- III. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR, 7 -- IV. THE BROKEN CIRCLE, 8 -- V. HOW ABOUT JULIA?, 10 -- VI. NANCY'S IDEA, 14 -- VII. ?OLD BEASTS INTO NEW?, 18 -- VIII. THE KNIGHT OF BEULAH CASTLE, 20 -- IX. GILBERT'S EMBASSY, 24 -- X. THE CAREYS' FLITTING, 28 -- XI. THE SERVICE ON THE THRESHOLD, 32 -- XII. COUSIN ANN, 35 -- XIII. THE PINK OF PERFECTION, 38 -- XIV. WAYS AND MEANS, 41 -- XV. BELONGING TO BEULAH, 46 -- XVI. THE POST BAG, 48 -- XVII. JACK OF ALL TRADES, 52 -- XVIII. THE HOUSE OF LORDS, 55 -- XIX. OLD AND NEW, 57 -- XX. THE PAINTED CHAMBER, 60 -- XXI. A FAMILY RHOMBOID, 64 -- XXII. CRADLE GIFTS, 67 -- XXIII. NEARING SHINY WALL, 70 -- XXIV. A LETTER PROM GERMANY, 72 -- XXV. ?FOLLOWING THE GLEAM?, 79 -- XXVI. A ZOOLOGICAL FATHER, 83 -- XXVII. THE CAREY HOUSEWARMING, 86 -- XXVIII. ?TIBI SPLENDET FOCUS?, 89 -- XXIX. ?TH' ACTION FINE?, 91 -- XXX. THE INGLENOOK, 95 -- XXXI. GROOVES OF CHANGE, 101 -- XXXII. DOORS OF DARING, 105 -- XXXIII. MOTHER HAMILTON'S BIRTHDAY, 107 -- XXXIV. NANCY COMES OUT, 111 -- XXXV. THE CRIMSON RAMBLER, 113