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                          MARJORIE IN COMMAND

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[Illustration: MARJORIE WAS WORKING AWAY AT HER “BIRTHDAY CAKE.”]

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                                MARJORIE
                               IN COMMAND

                                   BY
                             CAROLYN WELLS

                               AUTHOR OF
                           THE “PATTY” BOOKS

                             [Illustration]


                            GROSSET & DUNLAP
                      PUBLISHERS         NEW YORK

                  Made in the United States of America

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                          COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
                         DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

                       Published, September, 1910

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                                CONTENTS


                                  CHAPTER                  PAGE
                I. A FAMILY CONFAB                            1
               II. A FLORAL WELCOME                          15
              III. THE LADY ARRIVES                          27
               IV. THE IDES OF MARCH                         41
                V. REMORSEFUL ROMANS                         54
               VI. LETTERS AND CARDS                         68
              VII. A JINKS PARTY                             81
             VIII. ROMPS AND RHYMES                          95
               IX. WILLING HELPERS                          110
                X. ON THE WAY HOME                          121
               XI. A FRIEND IN NEED                         133
              XII. THE HOUSE ON SPRUCE STREET               146
             XIII. A BIRTHDAY PLAN                          160
              XIV. HENDERSON PALACE                         174
               XV. A FINE CELEBRATION