The Project Gutenberg EBook of Jerry's Reward, by Evelyn Snead Barnett

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: Jerry's Reward

Author: Evelyn Snead Barnett

Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry

Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20862]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JERRY'S REWARD ***

Produced by David Garcia, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Kentuckiana Digital Library)

JERRY'S REWARD

[Illustration: "THEY NEVER SAW THE OLD FELLOW WITHOUT
SHOUTING." (_See page 21_)]

Cosy Corner Series

JERRY'S
REWARD

By
Evelyn Snead Barnett

_Illustrated by_
Etheldred B. Barry

_Boston_
_L. C. Page & Company_
1903

_Copyright, 1900, 1901_
By E. S. BARNETT

_Copyright, 1902_
By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

Published, May, 1902

Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE INTERRUPTED GAME 11

II. THE SHADOW 16

III. PADDY AND PEGGY 22

IV. HARD TIMES 28

V. PEGGY OVERHEARS A STARTLING CONVERSATION 35

VI. THE POLICE ARE SUMMONED 41

VII. WHERE WAS PEGGY? 49

VIII. LUCK IN DISGUISE 58

IX. PADDY MAKES THE EFFORT OF HIS LIFE 66

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"THEY NEVER SAW THE OLD FELLOW WITHOUT
SHOUTING" (_See page 21_) _Frontispiece_

"THEY STOOD IN A LONG ROW" 13

"HE TURNED AROUND SUDDENLY" 19

"'THE TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YE'" 24

"ALL THE CHILDREN EXCEPT THE BABIES
STARTED FOR SCHOOL" 29

"ALTHOUGH SHE WAS WARMLY CLAD, THE RUSH
OF COLD AIR MADE HER SHIVER" 39

"'WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOI