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                              Patty—Bride


                                   BY
                             CAROLYN WELLS

                              _Author of_
                    _The_ TWO LITTLE WOMEN _Series_
                         _The_ MARJORIE _Books_
                                 _etc._

                     GROSSET & DUNLAP, _Publishers_
                                NEW YORK


                            Copyright, 1918
                    By Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc.

                        PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.


                                   TO
                    ONE OF THE DEAREST LITTLE GIRLS
                             IN THE WORLD,
                            BARBARA BUEHLER,
                         THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED




                                CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
  I Philip’s Chance                                                    9
  II Bumble Arrives                                                   25
  III Captain Bill                                                    42
  IV The Boys in Khaki                                                59
  V A Fire-Eater                                                      73
  VI A Sleighride                                                     89
  VII A Queer Chaperon                                               105
  VIII In the Tea-Room                                               121
  IX Letters                                                         137
  X A Valentine                                                      153
  XI Patty in Tears                                                  170
  XII Lena and Bill                                                  186
  XIII An Important Document                                         202
  XIV Helen’s Adventure                                              220
  XV A Desperate Situation                                           236
  XVI The Flag and the Girl Back Home                                252
  XVII Patty and Bill                                                269
  XVIII Patty’s Wedding                                              286




                              Patty-Bride




                               CHAPTER I
                            PHILIP’S CHANCE


“I can’t _stand_ it, Patty, I simply _can’t_ stand it!”

“But you’ll have