Dawn - Classic Reprint Author:Eleanor H. Porter DAWN CHAPTER I THE GREAT TERROR IT was on his fourteenth birthday that Keith Burton discovered the Great Terror, though he did not know it by that name until some days afterward. He knew only, to his surprise and distress, that the "Treasure Island," given to him by his father for a birthday present, was printed in type so blurred and poor that ... more »he could scarcely read it. He said nothing, of course. In fact he shut the book very hastily, with a quick, sidewise look, lest his father should see and notice the imperfection of his gift. Poor father! He would feel so bad after he had taken all that pains and spent all that money - and for something not absolutely necessary, too! And then to get cheated like that. For, of course, he had been cheated - such horrid print that nobody could read. But it was only a day or two later that Keith found some more horrid print. This time it was in his father's weekly journal that came every Saturday morning. He found it again that night in a mag
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CONTENTS; I The Great Terror 1; II Dad 13; III For Jerry and Ned 25; IV School 31; V Waiting 43; VI Lights Out 51; VII Susan to the Rescue 60; VIII Aunt Nettie Meets her Match 76; IX Susan Speaks her Mind 88; X And Nettie Colebrook Speaks Hers 94 XI Not Pats but Scratches 105; XII Callers for "Keithie" 113; XIII Free Verse - a la Susan 122; XIV A Surprise All Around 128; XV Again Susan Takes a Hand 140; XVI The Worry of It 152; XVn Daniel Burton Takes the Plunge 163; XVIII "Miss Stewart" 172; XIX A Matter of Letters 181; XX With Chin Up 187; XXI The Lion 196; viii CONTENTS; XXII How could you, Mazie? 204; XXni John McGuire215; XXIV As Susan Saw It230; XXV Keith to the Rescue237; XXVI Mazie Again251; XXVII For the Sake of John265; XXVIII The Way273; XXIX Dorothy Tries her Hand 282 XXX Daniel Burton's "Job" 294 XXXI What« less