Transcriber’s note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
THE FORTUNATE CALAMITY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
X. DANGER, AND FEAR, AND ASSURANCE
XIV. HOUSES, AND DRESSES, AND SPOONS
ILLUSTRATIONS
“MY BROTHER HAD PLANNED THAT THE PLACE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO RAY.” Frontispiece
THE STREAM OF COMPLIMENT WAS STILL FLOWING
WITH THIS PARTING THRUST JEAN VANISHED, LAUGHING AS SHE WENT
“WHO SHOULD WEAR IT BUT HER NAMESAKE?”
CHAPTER I
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THE Formans were at breakfast, at least two of them were. The others were absorbed with the morning mail. The table was neatly spread, the aroma of coffee was in the air, and the plate of home-made cookies invited attention, but Jean, the youngest daughter, and Derrick, the son, we