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Title: The Story of the Big Front Door

Author: Mary Finley Leonard

Release Date: September 20, 2006 [EBook #19340]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "THEY HAD DRAWN THEIR CHAIRS TOGETHER IN A COSEY
GROUP."]

THE STORY
OF
THE BIG FRONT DOOR

BY
MARY F. LEONARD

"THEY HELPED EVERY ONE HIS NEIGHBOR."

NEW YORK: 46 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY
BOSTON: 100 PURCHASE STREET

COPYRIGHT, 1898,
BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE OUTLAWS 1

II. IN THE STAR CHAMBER 12

III. THE LADY OF THE BROWN HOUSE 20

IV. DORA 31

V. UNCLE WILLIAM 51

VI. THE MAGIC DOOR 59

VII. IKEY'S ACCIDENT 65

VI