Patty's Success

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Wells Carolyn. Patty's Success

CHAPTER I. WELCOME HOME

CHAPTER II. AN ADVANCE CHRISTMAS GIFT

CHAPTER III. THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER IV. A SPLENDID TREE

CHAPTER V. SKATING AND DANCING

CHAPTER VI. A FAIR PROPOSITION

CHAPTER VII. DEPARTMENT G

CHAPTER VIII. EMBROIDERED BLOSSOMS

CHAPTER IX. SLIPS AND SLEEVES

CHAPTER X. THE CLEVER GOLDFISH

CHAPTER XI. A BUSY MORNING

CHAPTER XII. THREE HATS

CHAPTER XIII. THE THURSDAY CLUB

CHAPTER XIV. MRS. VAN REYPEN

CHAPTER XV. PERSISTENT PHILIP

CHAPTER XVI. AN INVITATION DECLINED

CHAPTER XVII. THE ROAD TO SUCCESS

CHAPTER XVIII. HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER XIX. CHRISTINE COMES

CHAPTER XX. A SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION

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The ten days before Christmas flew by like Bandersnatches. Patty had a long list of friends to whom she wanted to give presents, and though she had brought home a lot of what Kenneth called “foreign junk,” she had no notion of giving it all away.

Of course, the lovely fans, beads, and scarves she brought made lovely gifts for the girls, and the little curios and souvenirs were all right for the boys, but there were so many friends, and her relatives beside, that she soon realised she would have little left for herself. And, though unselfish, she did want to retain some mementos of her foreign trip.

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“No, indeed. Drums, or balls, or tin carts,—anything that a boy-child can play with.”

“Well, you may depend on me for the forty,” said Patty, smiling, for she had formed a sudden, secret resolve.

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