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  MARY WARE'S PROMISED LAND

  Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

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  The Little Colonel Series

  (_Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of._)

  Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

  The Little Colonel Stories $1.50 (Containing in one volume the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.") The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50 The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50 The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50 The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50 The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50 The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50 The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50 The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 1.50 Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum 1.50 Mary Ware in Texas 1.50 Mary Ware's Promised Land 1.50 The above 12 vols., _boxed_, as a set 18.00

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  The Little Colonel Good Times Book 1.50 The Little Colonel Doll Book 1.50

  Illustrated Holiday Editions

  Each one vol. small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in colour

  The Little Colonel $1.25 The Giant Scissors 1.25 Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25 Big Brother 1.25

  Cosy Corner Series

  Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

  The Little Colonel $.50 The Giant Scissors .50 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50 Big Brother .50 Ole Mammy's Torment .50 The Story of Dago .50 Cicely .50 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50 The Quilt that Jack Built .50 Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50 Mildred's Inheritance .50

  Other Books

  Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .50 The Three Weavers .50 Keeping Tryst .50 The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50 The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50 The Jester's Sword .50 Asa Holmes 1.00 Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 1.25

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  L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

  "'I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST AN OLD MAID SISTER IN SOMEBODYELSE'S HOME.'" (_See page 34._)]

  Mary Ware's Promised Land

  By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

  Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother," "Ole Mammy'sTorment," "Joel: A Boy of Galilee," "Asa Holmes," "Travelers Five onLife's Highway," etc.

  Illustrated by JOHN GOSS

  BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY MDCCCCXII

  _Copyright_, 1912, BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY. (INCORPORATED)

  Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

  _All rights reserved_

  First Impression, October, 1912

  THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

  TO

  MISS FANNY CRAIG

  THE "MISS ALLISON" OF THESE STORIES, WHOSE "ROAD OF THE LOVING HEART"RUNS WIDE AND FAR THROUGH ALL THIS HAPPY VALLEY