TOMY SISTERSBarbara and Jane
TOMY SISTERSBarbara and Jane
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGEI.Glenwood Darrow, looking only at the eyes, overlooks the chin, and a rarely beautiful Persian rug is overshadowed by golden oak1II.Mrs. Darrow seeks further for gentility, and her daughter has her hair pulled and doesn’t mind it16III.Miss Ada Tenafee is faithful to ancestor worship, while the Darrows weave a golden legend about a golden lad27IV.Granny Mander’s curse is potent: the hawk comes down to feed in the barnyard37V.Dr. Darrow damns the first families with his last breath, and little Miss Nancy Carey meets the young mountaineer47VI.Mr. ’Gene Carey finds a right-hand man for the Altonia, and Glen joins the noble army of labor60VII.Luke Manders agrees with her entirely, and Southern Europe contributes some of its culls to the mill, notably one Black Orlo, whose vitriolic utterances the doctor’sdaughter finds nourishing72VIII.Miss Ada Tenafee rejoices to have her young protégée receive two callers in one afternoon, and Miss Nancy sees Luke Manders again87IX.Glen Darrow dines for the first time in her life, and tells her hostesses her opinion of Peter Parker of Pasadena; later confides to her sleepless pillow that she doesn’t like being touched101X.Glen trusts to time to correct her peculiarities, and occupies herself with transforming her house to harmonize with her Wishing Carpet110XI.Glen sets the day for her twentieth birthday, and grieves because her suitor is too busy to help her better conditions, while Mr. ’Gene Carey is crushed by the perfidy of Old Ben125XII.Mrs. Eugenia Parker, President of the Federated Women’s Clubs, bitterly shares Black Orlo’s opinion that her son does not amount to much, in which young Peter cordially concurs139XIII.Mr. Peter Parker of Pasadena, visiting his mill for the first time, is given the right hand of fellowship and the cold shoulder in thespace of an hour149XIV.Peter soaks up impressions and rather fancies himself as a comedian, but neither Glen Darrow nor Henry Clay Bean find him funny166XV.Mrs. Eugenia Parker receives that lowest form of human expression, an anonymous letter and pays the doctor’s daughter a call183XVI.Gloriana-Virginia proves that it was really a Wishing Carpet after all!198XVII.Young Peter sees something he never saw before, and Glen finds that her theory about herself was wrong211XVIII.Mrs. Eugenia Parker has the doubtful satisfaction of seeing her trifling son in action for the first time220XIX.Glen Darrow, being her father’s daughter, decides that promises are made to be kept234XX.Peter Parker of Pasadena is less of a fool than has been popularly supposed, and the golden legend is discovered to be tarnished brass245XXI.Once more, the Wishing Carpet justifies itself, and Henry Clay Bean, breaks the solemnity of a lifetime255