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Title: The Brass Bound Box

Author: Evelyn Raymond

Illustrator: Diantha W. Horne

Release Date: April 6, 2009 [EBook #28509]

Language: English

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THE BRASS BOUND BOX

BY EVELYN RAYMOND

AUTHOR OF "THE DOINGS OF NANCY," "MIXED PICKLES," "MY LADY BAREFOOT"

ILLUSTRATED BY DIANTHA W. HORNE

[Illustration]

BOSTON DANA ESTES &
COMPANY PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1905_
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

THE BRASS BOUND BOX

_COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A._

[Illustration: "AT LAST IT WAS OUT"]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LEGACY AND LEGATEE 11

II. MASTER MONTGOMERY STURTEVANT 25

III. WHY MONTY DID NOT GO A-FISHING 40

IV. FOXES' GULLY 50

V. CHESTNUTS AND GOLD MINES 64

VI. THE BRASS BOUND BOX 82

VII. THE GRIT OF MOSES JONES 95

VIII. HAY-LOFT DREAMS 110

IX. SQUIRE PETTIJOHN 126

X. ALFARETTA'S PERPLEXITY 142

XI. THE FACE IN THE DARKNESS 154

XII. A STURTEVANT--PERFORCE 168

XIII. BUT--STURTEVANT TO THE RESCUE 187

XIV. ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON 203

XV. BY THE OLD STONE BRIDGE 220

XVI. THE COTTAGE IN THE WOOD 234

XVII. A SELF-ELECTED CONSTABLE 248

XVIII. REUBEN SMITH, ACCESSORY 263

XIX. WHAT THE MOON SAW IN THE CORNFIELD 278

XX. UNINVITED GUESTS 292

XXI. A NEIGHBORLY TRICK OF THE WIND 310

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"AT LAST IT WAS OUT" (See page 81).