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Title: The Princess and Joe Potter
Author: James Otis
Illustrator: Violet Oakley
Release Date: May 4, 2010 [EBook #32249]
Language: English
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THE PRINCESS AND JOE POTTER
[Illustration: JOE FINDING THE PRINCESS.
(_See page 22._)]
THE PRINCESS AND JOE POTTER
BY
JAMES OTIS
AUTHOR OF
"JENNY WREN'S BOARDING-HOUSE," "TEDDY AND CARROTS," ETC.
Illustrated by
VIOLET OAKLEY
[Illustration]
BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
PUBLISHERS
_Copyright, 1898_
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT
Colonial Press:
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A RUINED MERCHANT 11
II. THE PRINCESS 26
III. AN ADVERTISEMENT 41
IV. JOE'S FLIGHT 60
V. IN THE CITY 73
VI. DAN, THE DETECTIVE 86
VII. AUNT DORCAS 98
VIII. A HUNGRY DETECTIVE 115
IX. A FUGITIVE 127
X. THE JOURNEY 141
XI. A BRIBE 157
XII. A STRUGGLE IN THE NIGHT 171
XIII. A CONFESSION 188
XIV. A RAY OF LIGHT 201
XV. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL 219
XVI. THE REWARD 234
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
JOE FINDING THE PRINCESS _Frontispiece_
"HE BEGAN TO FEED THE LITTLE MAID" 51
"DAN POINTED TO AN ADVERTISEMENT" 57
"'MAY WE COME IN AN' STAY A LITTLE WHILE?'" 81
"JOE POINTED TO A TINY COTTAGE" 101
"SHE HAD A PLATE HEAPED HIGH WITH COOKIES" 108
"'WELL, BLESS THE BOY, HE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLANT POTATOES!'"
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