Widdemer, Margaret, 1884-1978 / 2008-07-22 00:00:00
EBOOK THE WISHING-RING MAN ***
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[Illustration: He was fairly content with what he saw in her face.]
The Wishing-Ring Man
By MARGARET WIDDEMER
TO THE MEMORY OF MY OWN GRANDFATHER
E. S. W.
ONE OF THE DEAREST, BEST AND KINDLIEST OF MEN
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. JOY IN AMBER SATIN
II. BY GRACE OF THE WISHING RING
III. PHYLLIS RIDES THROUGH
IV. THE RESCUE OF THE PRINCESS
V. THE SHADOW OF GAIL
VI. ROSE GARDENS AND MEN
VII. A VERY CHARMING GENTLEMAN
VIII. A FOUNTAIN IN FAIRYLAND
IX. THE TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
X. CLARENCE SWOOPS DOWN
XI. PIRATE COUSINS TO THE RESCUE
XII. DINNER FOR FIVE
XIII. THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF "IOLANTHE"
XIV. THE SLIGHTLY SURPRISING CLARENCE
XV. THE GIFT OF THE RING
CHAPTER ONE
JOY IN AMBER SATIN
Joy Havenith had no business at all to be curled up on the back
stairs under Great-Grand-Aunt Lucilla's picture. She ought to have
been sliding sweetly up and down the long double parlors with
teacups and cake, and she knew it. But she just didn't care.
As a matter of fact, Aunt Lucilla and the other ancestors ought to
have been in the parlors, too; but Grandfather had ordained
differently. He had gobbled the parlor walls for his autographed
photograph collection, and Grandmother, long before Joy was born or
orphaned, had sorrowfully hung her ancestors-in-law out in the long,
narrow hall, where they were a tight fit.
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