Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: And she pointed out the little seal who was a bit too slow. Frontispiece] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARY JANE'S CITY HOME BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON Author of "Flower Fairies," "Good-Night Stories," "Billy Robin and His Neighbors," "Bed Time Tales," "The Junior Cook Book," and Other Works ILLUSTRATED BY THELMA GOOCH NEW YORK BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1920, by Barse & Hopkins PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO MY MOTHER and FATHER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE Finding the New Home 11 The Folks Around The Corner 22 Visiting with Betty 35 Sand Castles 49 The Beach Supper 64 Mary Jane Goes Shopping 76 The Bus Ride 88 The Birthday Luncheon 100 Lost--One Doll Cart 115 A Trip to the Zoo 128 A Day in the Parks 143 Visitors--and a Boat Ride 156 School Begins 171 Christmas in Chicago 184 A Summer Home--and a Telegram 201 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE And she pointed out the little seal who was a bit too slow. Frontispiece And then, sliding in the wet sand, she sat right down in the lake and sent a wave of ripples right over her castle 60 "But it's all down my dress," said Mary Jane, trying her very best not to cry 107 This year, seeing Mary Jane was such a _very_ old person, she was allowed to put the gold star on the top of the tree 188 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARY JANE'S CITY HOME FINDING THE NEW HOME The late afternoon sunshine sent its slanting, golden rays through the car windows on to the map that Mary Jane and her sister Alice had spread out on the table between the seats of the Pullman in which they were riding. "And all that wiggly line is water?" Mary Jane was asking. "Every bit water," replied their father, who bent over their heads to explain what they were looking at; "a lot of water, you see. You remember I told you that Chicago is right on the edge of Lake Michigan. And Lake Michigan, so far as looks are concerned, might just as well be the ocean you saw down in Florida--it's so big you can't see the other side." "And does it have big waves?" asked Mary Jane.