Patty's Summer Days

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Wells Carolyn. Patty's Summer Days

CHAPTER I. A GAY HOUSEHOLD

CHAPTER II. WEDDING BELLS

CHAPTER III. ATLANTIC CITY

CHAPTER IV. LESSONS AGAIN

CHAPTER V. A NEW HOME

CHAPTER VI. BUSY DAYS

CHAPTER VII. A RESCUE

CHAPTER VIII. COMMENCEMENT DAY

CHAPTER IX. THE PLAY

CHAPTER X. A MOTOR TRIP

CHAPTER XI. DICK PHELPS

CHAPTER XII. OLD CHINA

CHAPTER XIII. A STORMY RIDE

CHAPTER XIV. PINE BRANCHES

CHAPTER XV. MISS AURORA BENDER

CHAPTER XVI. A QUILTING PARTY

CHAPTER XVII. A SUMMER CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER XVIII. AT SANDY COVE

CHAPTER XIX. ROSABEL

CHAPTER XX. THE ROLANDS

CHAPTER XXI. THE CRUSOES

CHAPTER XXII. THE BAZAAR OF ALL NATIONS

CHAPTER XXIII. THE END OF THE SUMMER

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At last the wedding day arrived, and a brighter or more sunshiny day could not have been asked for by the most exacting of brides.

It was to be an evening wedding, but from early in the morning there was a constant succession of exciting events. The last touches were being put to the decorations, belated presents were coming in, house guests were arriving, messengers coming and going, and through it all Mrs. Allen bustled about, supremely happy in watching the culminating success of her elaborate plans. Patty looked at her with a wondering admiration, for she always admired capability, and Mrs. Allen was exhibiting what might almost be called generalship in her house that day.

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“It would be that way,” she said, “if I looked after things myself, but I shall expect you, Patty, to take entire charge of the occasion, and then everything will go along like clockwork.”

“Are you staying long in Philadelphia, Miss Fairfield?” asked Ethel Banks, a Philadelphia girl, who lived not far from the Allens.

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