Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943 / 2008-11-18 00:00:00
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GEOFFREY STRONG
By
Laura E. Richards
Author of
"Captain January," "Melody," "Marie," etc.
TO
Richard Sullivan,
KINDEST OF UNCLES, FRIENDS, AND CRITICS,
THIS STORY IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. THE TEMPLE OF VESTA
II. THE YOUNG DOCTOR
III. GARDEN FANCIES
IV. MOSTLY PROFESSIONAL
V. LETTER-WRITING AND HYSTERICS
VI. INFORMATION
VII. FESTIVITY
VIII. REVELATION
IX. SIDE LIGHTS
X. OVER THE WAY
XI. BROKEN BONES
XII. CONVALESCENCE
XIII. RECOVERY
ILLUSTRATIONS.
He paddled on in silence
The young doctor glancing around saw all these things.
He stood looking at her, his hand still on the hammock rope.
"There he comes, full chisel!" cried Ithuriel Butters.
CHAPTER I.
THE TEMPLE OF VESTA
"That's a pleasant looking house," said the young doctor. "What's
the matter with my getting taken in there?"
The old doctor checked his horse, and looked at the house with a
smile.
"Nothing in the world," he said, "except the small fact that they
wouldn't take you."
"Why not?" asked the young man, vivaciously. "Too rich? too proud?
too young? too old? what's the matter with them?"
The old doctor laughed outright this time.
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