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The Road To Providence


by

Maria Thompson Daviess




CONTENTS

    I  THE DOCTORS MAYBERRY, MOTHER AND SON
   II  THE SINGER LADY AND THE BREAD-BOWL
  III  THE PEONY GIRL AND THE BUMPKIN
   IV  LOVE, THE CURE-ALL
    V  THE LITTLE RAVEN AND HER COVERED DISH
   VI  THE PROVIDENCE TAG-GANG
  VII  PRETTY BETTIE'S WEDDING DAY
 VIII  THE NEST ON PROVIDENCE NOB
   IX  THE LITTLE HARPETH WOMAN OF MANY SORROWS
    X  THE SONG OF THE MASTER'S GRAIL




CHAPTER I

THE DOCTORS MAYBERRY, MOTHER AND SON


"Now, child, be sure and don't mix 'em with a heavy hand! Lightness is
expected of riz biscuits and had oughter be dealt out to 'em by the
mixer from the start. Just this way--"

"Mother, oh, Mother," came a perturbed hail in Doctor Mayberry's voice
from the barn door, "Spangles is off the nest again--better come quick!"

"Can't you persuade her some, Tom?" Mother called back from the kitchen
door as she peered anx