To the schoolmates of ELLSWORTH DEVENS, Whose lovely character will not soon be forgotten, This Village Story is affectionately inscribed by their friend, L.M.A. 1880
CONTENTS
JACK AND JILL
Chapter I. The Catastrophe
Chapter II. Two Penitents
Chapter III. Ward No. 1
Chapter IV. Ward No. 2.
Chapter V. Secrets
Chapter VI. Surprises
Chapter VII. Jill's Mission
Chapter VIII. Merry and Molly
Chapter IX. The Debating Club
Chapter X. The Dramatic Club
Chapter XI. "Down Brakes”
Chapter XII. The Twenty-Second of February
Chapter XIII. Jack Has a Mystery
Chapter XIV. And Jill Finds It Out
Chapter XV. Saint Lucy
Chapter XVI. Up at Merry's
Chapter XVII. Down at Molly's
Chapter XVIII. May Baskets
Chapter XIX. Good Templars
Chapter XX. A Sweet Memory
Chapter XXI. Pebbly Beach
Chapter XXII. A Happy Day
Chapter XXIII. Cattle Show
Chapter XXIV. Down the River
Jack and Jill went up the hill To coast with fun and laughter; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.
“Clear the lulla!” was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the meadow, and here the little folk congregated; one swept across the pond, where skaters were darting about like water-bugs; and the third, from the very top of the steep hill, ended abrupt