Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 45545-h.htm or 45545-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45545/45545-h/45545-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45545/45545-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through the Google Books Library Project. See http://www.google.com/books?id=zz5AAAAAYAAJ THE STAYING GUEST by CAROLYN WELLS Author of "The Story of Betty," "Eight Girls and a Dog," etc. With Illustrations by W. Granville Smith New York The Century Co. 1904 Copyright, 1904, by The Century Co. Published October, 1904 The DeVinne Press TO DEAR DOROTHY ESTERBROOK CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Primrose Hall 3 II Ladybird 17 III A Guest for the Night 28 IV A Few Questions 35 V Another Attempt 54 VI Up a Tree 68 VII Civil War 81 VIII Stella Russell 93 IX Doing Right 106 X A Self-made Burglar 120 XI A Matrimonial Bureau 137 XII A Scriptural Command 152 XIII A Ridiculous Party 165 XIV Some Letters 180 XV The Arrival of the Earl 191 XVI Ladybird Triumphant 203 XVII In the Apple-tree 218 XVIII Lavinia Lovell 235 XIX Ladybird _vs._ Lavinia 247 XX Half-sisters 260 XXI An Orchard Wedding 272 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS