Old Lady Number 31

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Old Lady Number 31, by Louise ForsslundThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Old Lady Number 31Author: Louise ForsslundRelease Date: November 15, 2003 [eBook #10087]Language: EnglishChatacter set encoding: US-ASCII***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OLD LADY NUMBER 31***E-text prepared by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamOLD LADY NUMBER 31BY LOUISE FORSSLUNDAUTHOR OF "THE STORY OF SARAH," "THE SHIP OF DREAMS," ETC.1909TO MY MOTHERCONTENTSI. THE TEA-TABLEII. "GOOD-BY"III. THE CANDIDATEIV. ONE OF THEMV. THE HEAD OF THE CORNERVI. INDIAN SUMMERVII. OLD LETTERS AND NEWVIII. THE ANNIVERSARYIX. A WINTER BUTTERFLYX. THE TURN OF THE TIDEXI. MENTAL TREATMENTXII. "A PASSEL OF MEDDLERS"XIII. THE PRODIGAL'S DEPARTUREXIV. CUTTING THE APRON-STRINGSXV. THE "HARDENING" PROCESSXVI. "A REG'LAR HOSS"XVII. THE DESERTERXVIII. SAMUEL'S WELCOMEXIX. EXCHANGING THE OLIVE-BRANCHXX. THE FATTED CALFXXI. "OUR BELOVED BROTHER"ITHE TEA-TABLEAngeline's slender, wiry form and small, glossy gray head bent over the squat brown tea-pot as she shook out the last bitof leaf from the canister. The canister was no longer hers, neither the tea-pot, nor even the battered old ...