Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net SUZANNA STIRS THE FIRE [Illustration: "I've come to you, Mrs. Reynolds, to stay. I've adopted myself out to you" [_Page 83_]] Suzanna Stirs the Fire BY Emily Calvin Blake _Author of "Marcia of the Little Home," etc._ Illustrations by F. V. Poole [Illustration] CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1915 Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1915 Published September, 1915 Copyrighted in Great Britain W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO CONTENTS BOOK I CHAPTER PAGE I The Tucked-In Day 3 II The Only Child 27 III With Father in the Attic 40 IV The New Dress 55 V Suzanna Comes to a Decision 69 VI Suzanna Makes her Entry 82 VII Regrets 88 VIII Suzanna Meets a Character 99 IX A Leaf Missing from the Bible 119 X A Picnic in the Woods 132 BOOK II XI The Indian Drill 161 XII Drusilla's Reminiscences 172 XIII Mrs. Graham Woods Bartlett 185 XIV The Stray Dog 197 XV A Lent Mother 215 XVI Suzanna Aids Cupid 221 XVII A Simple Wedding 236 XVIII The Eagle Man Visits the Attic 253 XIX Suzanna Puts a Request 265 XX Drusilla Sets Out on a Journey 278 XXI Mr. Bartlett Sees the Machine 292 BOOK III XXII Happy Days 307 XXIII To the Seashore 320 XXIV The Seashore 329 XXV Last Days 341 XXVI Suzanna and her Father 345 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "I've come to you, Mrs. Reynolds, to stay. I've adopted myself out to you" _Frontispiece_ The prettiest old lady she had ever seen 14 Very carefully he looked at the mended place 116 "We thought you might like a dog," began Suzanna 206 BOOK I SUZANNA STIRS THE FIRE CHAPTER I THE TUCKED-IN DAY