Mary Ware in Texas

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Johnston Annie Fellows. Mary Ware in Texas

CHAPTER I. IN SAN ANTONIO

CHAPTER II. IN SEARCH OF A HOME

CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE TOWN OF BAUER

CHAPTER IV. MARY FINDS GAY

CHAPTER V. AT FORT SAM HOUSTON

CHAPTER VI. ON THE CREEK-BANK

CHAPTER VII. CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER VIII "DIE KLEINEN TEUFEL"

CHAPTER IX. AT THE BARNABY RANCH

CHAPTER X. IN JOYCE'S STUDIO

CHAPTER XI. PHIL GOES TO WARWICK HALL

CHAPTER XII. IN "BLUE-BONNET" TIME

CHAPTER XIII. JACK

CHAPTER XIV. SAN JACINTO DAY

CHAPTER XV. NEW TRAILS

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It was with the vision of a charming little bungalow in her mind that Mary started on her search for a house next morning; a little white bungalow half hidden in vines, and set among heuisach and mesquite trees, or maybe in the shelter of one giant pecan. As they had whirled around the city in the touring car the day before, she had seen several of that kind which she thought would suit both their taste and their purse.

Mrs. Ware had expected to accompany her, leaving Jack to Norman's care for the morning, but a neuralgic headache, an old enemy of hers, seized her on awakening, and she was obliged to shift the responsibility to Mary's willing shoulders. Although it doubled the car-fare, Mary took Norman with her for company. Armed with a map of the city and a list of houses, clipped from the morning paper, they started gaily out on their quest. It was good just to be alive on such a morning, and out in the brilliant sunshine, with the air so fresh and sweet, and the plaza as green and flowery as if it were mid-summer instead of the week before Thanksgiving.

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Mrs. Ware broke the long silence that followed, by suggesting, "Maybe for the present we'd better try to get a few rooms somewhere, just for light housekeeping. It's a last resort, I know, but Mary is right. Every day we spend here is taking a big mouthful out of our little capital."

Nobody liked the suggestion, for whatever else they had lacked in their Arizona homes there had been no lack of space, but they all saw the wisdom of Mrs. Ware's suggestion, and agreed to try it until they could look around and do better.

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