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Title: A Missionary Twig
Author: Emma L. Burnett
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A MISSIONARY TWIG.
by
EMMA L. BURNETT.
[Illustration: A Missionary Twig. FRONTISPIECE.]
[Illustration: Editor's arm]
American Tract Society,
150 Nassau Street, New York.
Copyright, 1890,
American Tract Society.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Edith Tries to Explain 5
CHAPTER II.
What Mrs. Howell told them 14
CHAPTER III.
Marty Gets Started 21
CHAPTER IV.
Wholes instead of Tenths 29
CHAPTER V.
The Ebony Chair 39
CHAPTER VI.
The Empty Box 46
CHAPTER VII.
How Missions Helped the Home Folks 54
CHAPTER VIII.
"Not in the Good Times" 61
CHAPTER IX.
Jennie 72
CHAPTER X.
Laura Amelia 82
CHAPTER XI.
The Good Shepherd 91
CHAPTER XII.
"Now Don't Forget!" 99
CHAPTER XIII.
Off to the Mountains 108
CHAPTER XIV.
A Plan and a Talk 115
CHAPTER XV.
The Mountain Mission-Band 126
CHAPTER XVI.
A Flower Sale 135
CHAPTER XVII.
Weeding 144
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Hotel Missionary Meeting
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