to let the scattered searchers
know that the lost children were found. Billy was very quiet, and gladly
rode on the various broad backs offered for his use; but Tommy stoutly
refused to be carried, and with an occasional "boost" over a very rough
place, walked all the way down on his own sturdy legs. He was the hero
of the adventure, and was never tired of relating how he caught the
woodchuck, cooked the fish, slid down the big rock, and went to bed in
the old bear-pit. But in his own little mind he resolved to wait till he
was older before he tried to be a hunter; and though he caught several
woodchucks that summer, he never shot another harmless little bird.

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#The Children's friend Series#

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Handy Illustrated Volumes by popular authors, including: LOUISA M.
ALCOTT, SUSAN COOLIDGE, NORA PERRY, HELEN HUNT JACKSON, LOUISE CHANDLER
MOULTON, JULIANA H. EWING, LAURA E. RICHARDS, A. G. PLYMPTON, etc.
Choicely printed and attractively bound in cloth, with gold and ink
stamp on side. Issued at the popular price of 50 cents per volume.

NEW ISSUES.

MAY BARTLETT'S STEPMOTHER.
By NORA PERRY,
author of "Another Flock of Girls,"
"Hope Benham," etc.

TWO DOGS AND A DONKEY.
By A. G. PLYMPTON,
author of "Dear Daughter Dorothy," etc.

MARY'S MEADOW.
By JULIANA H. EWING,
author of "Jackanapes," etc.

BOOK OF HEROIC BALLADS.
Selected by MARY W. TILESTON,
author of "Daily Strength for Daily Needs."

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
By JEAN INGELOW,
author of "Stories Told to a Child," etc.

LAND OF LOST TOYS.
By JULIANA H. EWING.

GREAT EMERGENCY.
By JULIANA H. EWING.

TWO GIRLS.
By SUSAN COOLIDGE,
author of "The Katy Did Series," etc.

LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER.
By SUSAN COOLIDGE.

POPPIES AND WHEAT.
By LOUISA M. ALCOTT,
author of "Little Women," "Little Men," etc.

CANDY COUNTRY.
By LOUISA M. ALCOTT.

JESSIE'S NEIGHBOR.
By LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON,
author of "Bed-Time Stories," etc.

PREVIOUSLY ISSUED.

AGAINST WIND AND TIDE.
By LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.

A HOLE IN THE WALL.
By LOUISA M. ALCOTT.

A LITTLE KNIGHT OF LABOR.
By SUSAN COOLIDGE.

CHILDREN'S HOUR.
By MARY W. TILESTON.

CHOP CHIN AND THE GOLDEN DRAGON.
By LAURA E. RICHARDS,
author of "Captain January,"
"The Joyous Story of Toto," etc.

COTTAGE NEIGHBORS.