Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Emille and the Booksmiths at http://www.eBookForge.net [Illustration: "OH, LOOK AT THIS--AND THIS!"] PATCHWORK A STORY OF "THE PLAIN PEOPLE" By ANNA BALMER MYERS [Illustration] WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR BY HELEN MASON GROSE A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by arrangement with George W. Jacobs & Company Copyright, 1920, by GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY All rights reserved _Printed in U.S.A._ _To my Mother and Father this book is lovingly inscribed_ Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. CALICO PATCHWORK 13 II. OLD AARON'S FLAG 29 III. LITTLE DUTCHIE 40 IV. THE NEW TEACHER 52 V. THE HEART OF A CHILD 70 VI. THE PRIMA DONNA OF THE ATTIC 92 VII. "WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET" 110 VIII. BEYOND THE ALPS LIES ITALY 119 IX. A VISIT TO MOTHER BAB 129 X. AN OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY SALE 146 XI. "THE BRIGHT LEXICON OF YOUTH" 166 XII. THE PREACHER'S WOOING 176 XIII. THE SCARLET TANAGER 189 XIV. ALADDIN'S LAMP 203 XV. THE FLEDGLING'S FLIGHT 207 XVI. PHŒBE'S DIARY 212 XVII. DIARY--THE NEW HOME 221 XVIII. DIARY--THE MUSIC MASTER 226 XIX. DIARY--THE FIRST LESSON 229 XX. DIARY--SEEING THE CITY 235 XXI. DIARY--CHRYSALIS 240 XXII. DIARY--TRANSFORMATION 245 XXIII. DIARY--PLAIN FOR A NIGHT 251 XXIV. DIARY--DECLARATIONS 256 XXV. DIARY--"THE LINK MUST BREAK AND THE LAMP MUST DIE" 261 XXVI. "HAME'S BEST" 268 XXVII. TRAILING ARBUTUS 271 XXVIII. MOTHER BAB AND HER SON 284 XXIX. PREPARATIONS 291 XXX. THE FEAST OF ROSES 295 XXXI. BLINDNESS 303