Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net OTHER BOOKS BY BERTHA B. AND ERNEST COBB ARLO CLEMATIS ANITA PATHWAYS ALLSPICE DAN'S BOY PENNIE ANDRE ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND ROBIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Illustration: "Are you going to sit here all day, little girl?"] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEMATIS By BERTHA B. AND ERNEST COBB Authors of Arlo, Busy Builder's Book, Hand in Hand With Father Time, etc. With illustrations by A. G. Cram and Willis Levis G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS New York and London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright, 1917 By BERTHA B. and ERNEST COBB Entered at Stationers' Hall, London for Foreign Countries Twenty-second Impression All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission. Made in the United States of America ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Somerset, Mass. Dear Priscilla: You have taken such a fancy to little Clematis that we hope other children may like her, too. We may not be able to buy you all the ponies, and goats, and dogs, and cats that you would like, but we will dedicate the book to you, and then you can play with all the animals Clematis has, any time you wish. With much love, from Bertha B. and Ernest Cobb. To Miss Priscilla Cobb. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Chapter Page 1. Lost in a Big City 1 2. The Children's Home 16 3. The First Night 28 4. Who is Clematis? 41 5. Clematis Begins to Learn 52 6. Clematis Has a Hard Row to Hoe 61 7. What Clematis Found 72 8. A Visitor 86 9. The Secret 97 10. Two Doctors 109 11. A Long, Anxious Night 121 12. Getting Well 134 13. Off for Tilton 145 14. The Country 160 15. Clematis Tries to Help 172 16. Only a Few Days More 186 17. Where is Clematis? 200 18. Hunting for Clematis 215 19. New Plans 230 20. The True Fairy Story 237 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLUSTRATIONS