"'I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU—A SISTER'" See p. 45

DR. LAVENDAR'S PEOPLE

BY

MARGARET DELAND

AUTHOR OF "OLD CHESTER TALES"

ILLUSTRATED BY
LUCIUS HITCHCOCK

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1903

Copyright, 1903, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1903.

TO
DR. FRANCIS B. HARRINGTON
These Stories are
Dedicated

CONTENTS

The Apotheosis of the Reverend Mr. Spangler

The Note

The Grasshopper and the Ant

Amelia

"An Exceeding High Mountain"

At the Stuffed-Animal House

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU—A SISTER'" . . . Frontispiece

"DAVID'S HEAD SWAM"

"SHE ALWAYS CAME INTO THE LIBRARY TO SAY GOOD-NIGHT TO HIM"

"LURCHED FORWARD INTO A CHAIR, BREATHING LOUDLY"

"MRS. BARKLEY ROSE, TAPPING THE TABLE WITH ALARMING LOUDNESS"

"MISS LYDIA, WATCHING HIM, GREW PALER AND PALER"

"THERE SHE TURNED AND LOOKED BACK"

"THOMAS DILWORTH GOT ON HIS FEET AND SWORE"

"'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE KIND PERSON?'"

"SHE KNELT DOWN, AS USUAL, AT THE BIG CHINTZ-COVERED WINGED CHAIR"

MISS HARRIET WAS LEANING FORWARD

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