<h2>CHAPTER XXXI</h2>
<h3>SAFE HOME</h3>
<p>"To me," said Uncle John, as he stood on the deck and pointed proudly to
the statue of Liberty in New York harbor, "that is the prettiest sight
I've seen since I left home."</p>
<p>"Prettier than the old masters, Uncle?" asked Patsy, mischievously.</p>
<p>"Yes, or the cathedrals!" he retorted.</p>
<p>When they reached the dock there was the Major waiting to receive Patsy
in a new checked suit with a big flower in his button-hole and a broad
smile on his jolly face.</p>
<p>And there was Mrs. Merrick, too, with Arthur Weldon beside her, which
proved to Louise that he had succeeded in making his peace with her
mother. Also there were the stern-featured custom-house officials in
their uniforms, and the sight of them sent the cold chills flying down
Uncle John's spine.<SPAN name="Page_346" id="Page_346"></SPAN></p>
<p>There was no one present to receive Beth, but her uncle tucked her arm
underneath his own with a proud gesture and kept her close beside him.
For the girl had quite won his loving old heart on this trip, and she
seemed to him more mature and far sweeter than when they had left home.</p>
<p>But the greetings and the "brigandage" were soon over, and in good time
they were all assembled in the Doyle flat, where the joyous Major had
prepared an elaborate dinner to celebrate the return of the wanderers.</p>
<p>"We've a million pipes and pocket-books for you, daddy," whispered
Patsy, hugging him for the twentieth time; "and I've got a thousand
things to tell you about our adventures in strange lands."</p>
<p>"Save 'em till we're alone," said the Major; "they're too good to waste
on a crowd."</p>
<p>Mr. Merrick was placed at the head of the table to make a speech. It was
brief and to the point.</p>
<p>"I promised these young ladies to give them <SPAN name="Page_347" id="Page_347"></SPAN>time of their lives," he
said, "Did I do it, girls?"</p>
<p>And in a lively chorus they answered:</p>
<p>"You did, Uncle John!"</p>
<div class='bbox'>
<p>This story is one of the delightful "Aunt Jane Series" in which are
chronicled the many interesting adventures in the lives of those
fascinating girls and dear old "Uncle John." The other volumes can be
bought wherever books are sold. A complete list of titles, which is
added to from time to time, is given on page <SPAN href="#Page_x"><b>2</b></SPAN> of this book.</p>
<p class='center'>(<i>Complete catalog sent free on request.</i>)</p>
</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<h3><i>Exhilarating Books for Girls of Today</i></h3>
<p><SPAN name="Page_353" id="Page_353"></SPAN></p>
<hr style="width: 45%;" />
<h2>The Flying Girl Series</h2>
<h3><i>By</i> EDITH VAN DYNE</h3>
<p class='center'><i>Author of "Aunt Jane's Nieces" Series</i></p>
<p>Capital up-to-the-minute stories for girls and young
people, in which the author is at her very best. Thrilling
and full of adventure, but of that wholesome type parents
are glad to put in the hands of their daughters. Two
titles:</p>
<div class="figleft"> <ANTIMG src="./images/flyingirl.png" alt="The Flying Girl" title="The Flying Girl" /></div>
<p><big>The Flying Girl</big></p>
<p>Orissa Kane, self-reliant
and full of sparkling
good nature, under-study
for her brother, prospective
inventor and aviator
whose experiments put
the Kane family into
great difficulties, in the
crisis proves resourceful
and plucky, and saves
the day in a most thrilling
manner.</p>
<p><big>The Flying Girl</big><br/>
<big>and Her Chum</big></p>
<p>This story takes Orissa
and her friend Sybil
through further adventures that test these two clever girls
to the limit. A remarkably well told story.</p>
<div class="blockquot"><p><i>12mo. Bound in extra cloth with design stamping
on cover and fancy jacket. Printed on high
grade paper. Illustrated in black and white</i>.</p>
</div>
<p class='center'><i>Price 60 cents each. Postage 12 cents</i>.</p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_354" id="Page_354"></SPAN></p>
<h2>The</h2>
<h2>Captain Becky Series</h2>
<h4><i>By</i></h4>
<h3>MARGARET LOVE SANDERSON</h3>
<p>Resourceful, self-reliant, sunny-natured
Captain Becky will find many
friends among girl readers. The Captain
Becky Series is a noteworthy contribution to
books for girls—distinctive and individual
in every detail, inside and out.</p>
<p>Two very much alive stories of a girl
who makes things happen—who is a <i>doer</i>.
Whether she is on cruise on the picturesque
Indian River in Florida or in laughable
masquerade among the old homesteads of
New Hampshire, her experiences are worth
writing about—and worth reading. Two
titles:</p>
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Captain Becky Series">
<tr><td align='left'>Captain Becky's Winter Cruise.</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>Captain Becky's Masquerade.</td></tr>
</table></div>
<div class="center"><i>Attractive binding; cover inlay in full color. Frontispiece
for each by Norman Hall. Price 60 cents.</i></div>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_355" id="Page_355"></SPAN></p>
<h3><i>Books for Older Children by L. Frank Baum</i></h3>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<h2>The Daring Twins Series</h2>
<h3><i>By</i> L. FRANK BAUM</h3>
<div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="./images/daretwins.png" alt="The Daring Twins" title="The Daring Twins" /></div>
<p>In writing "The Daring
Twins Series" Mr. Baum
yielded to the hundreds of
requests that have been
made of him by youngsters,
both boys and girls, who in
their early childhood read
and loved his famous "Oz"
books, to write a story for
young folk of the ages between
twelve and eighteen.</p>
<div class="center"><b>A story of the real<br/>
life of real boys and<br/>
girls in a real family<br/>
under real conditions</b></div>
<p class='center'><i>Two Titles</i>:</p>
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Daring Twins">
<tr><td align='left'>The Daring Twins</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>Phoebe Daring</td></tr>
</table></div>
<p>While preparing these books Mr. Baum lived with
his characters. They have every element of the
drama of life as it begins within the lives of children.
The two stories are a mixture of the sublime and
the ridiculous; the foibles and fancies of childhood,
interspersed with humor and pathos.</p>
<p class='center'><i>Price, $1.00 each</i></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_356" id="Page_356"></SPAN></p>
<h2>Azalea</h2>
<h3><i>By</i> ELIA W. PEATTIE</h3>
<p><b>The first book of the "Blue Ridge" Series</b></p>
<p>Azalea is the heroine of a good, wholesome
story that will appeal to every mother as the
sort of book she would like her daughter to read.
In the homy McBirneys of Mt. Tennyson, down in
the Blue Ridge country,
and their hearty mountain
neighbors, girl
readers will find new
friends they will be glad
to make old friends.</p>
<p>This book marks a
distinct advance in the
quality of books offered
for girls. No lack of
action—no sacrifice of
charm.</p>
<div class="blockquot"><p><i>Four half-tone illustrations
from drawings by Hazel
Roberts. Attractive cover
design, $1.00.</i></p>
</div>
<div class="figcenter"><ANTIMG src="./images/azalea.png" alt="Azalea" title="Azalea" /></div>
<p class='center'><b>The second title in THE BLUE RIDGE SERIES
will be published in 1913</b></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_357" id="Page_357"></SPAN></p>
<h2>ANNABEL</h2>
<h3><i>By</i> SUSANNE METCALF</h3>
<div class="figright"><ANTIMG src="./images/annabel.png" alt="Annabel" title="Annabel" /></div>
<p>A girls' book with a clever, quick-moving
plot is unusual. ANNABEL is
that kind. The heroine is a lovable girl,
but one with plenty of snap—her red hair
testifies to that. Her friend, Will Carden,
too, is a boy of unusual
qualities, as is apparent
in everything he does.
He and Annabel make
an excellent team.</p>
<p>The two, the best of
chums, retrieve the fortunes
of the Carden
family in a way that
makes some exciting
situations. The secret
of the mysterious Mr.
Jordan is surprised by
Annabel, while Will, in
a trip to England with an unexpected climax,
finds the real fortune of the Cardens.</p>
<p>ANNABEL is a book whose make-up is
in keeping with the high quality of the story.</p>
<p class='center'><i>Beautiful cover and jacket in colors, 12 mo. Illustrated
by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens. Price 60 cents</i></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_358" id="Page_358"></SPAN></p>
<h3><i>A Novelty Every Girl Wants</i></h3>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<h2>The Girl Graduate</h2>
<h3>HER OWN BOOK</h3>
<p>In which to keep the happy record of
her last year at school or college—a book
she will keep and prize always.</p>
<p>There is a place for everything dear to
the girl graduate's heart and memory—class
flower, color, yell, motto, photographs,
jokes and frolics.</p>
<p>Departments for social events, officers,
teachers, invitations, baccalaureate sermon,
programmes, presents, press notices, class
prophecy and various "doings."</p>
<p><span class="smcap">The Girl Graduate</span> is equally appropriate
for young girls leaving grade or high
schools and their older sisters who have
"finished" at college or boarding school. It
makes a suitable present at any season of
the year.</p>
<p class='center'><i>FIFTEENTH EDITION. Revised and Improved</i></p>
<div class="blockquot"><p>Dainty designs in delicate colorings on pearl gray stationery.
Cover to match, with a trellis of roses in tints
and decorations in gold.</p>
<p><i>8vo. 200 pages. Decorated on every page. Each book
put up in an attractive gray box. Price $1.50. Swiss
velvet ooze, price $2.50. Full leather, gold edges, De
Luxe edition, price $3.00. Commencement edition,
crushed levant, price $6.00.</i></p>
</div>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_359" id="Page_359"></SPAN></p>
<h3><i>A Memory Book for Younger Girls</i></h3>
<hr style="width: 45%;" />
<h2>School-Girl Days</h2>
<p class='center'><i>Designed by</i></p>
<h3>CLARA POWERS WILSON</h3>
<p>A school memory book appropriate for
girls of the upper grammar grades
through high school, private school and
normal school. New and exquisite illustrations,
printed in two colors on specially made
tinted paper, having a good writing surface.</p>
<p class='center'>
<b>Cloth Edition</b><br/></p>
<div class="blockquot"><p><i>Bound in fancy cloth with fetching cover
design in five colors and gold. Large 8vo.
192 pages. In beautiful box. Price $1.25</i></p>
</div>
<p class='center'>
<b>Classmates Edition</b><br/>
<br/>
<i>Swiss Velvet Ooze. Silk Marker. Special Box. Price $2.00</i><br/></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_360" id="Page_360"></SPAN></p>
<h3><i>An Ideal Book for Young Travelers</i></h3>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<h2>Travel Notes Abroad</h2>
<h3>MY OWN RECORD</h3>
<p class='center'><i>Arranged by</i></p>
<h3>CLARA POWERS WILSON</h3>
<div class="figcenter"><ANTIMG src="./images/travel.png" alt="Travel Notes Abroad" title="Travel Notes Abroad" /></div>
<p>It would be hard to imagine a girl who does not want
a real record of the ecstatic joys of her first glimpses of
foreign lands. This very attractive book is the first of its
kind, and will be found to provide for every kind of an
experience that comes to young American travelers.</p>
<p>There are departments for recording the itinerary, the
events of the trip across, friends met, autographs, expenses,
different general divisions for the various countries, places
to keep a memorandum of hotels where the travelers stayed,
also of restaurants, shops, galleries, and purchases, the
return trip, etc., etc.</p>
<p class='center'><i>TRAVEL NOTES ABROAD is profusely illustrated<br/>
and decorated in two colors with striking cover design, and<br/>
inclosed in a box. Price, cloth, $1.50; leather, $3.00.</i></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_361" id="Page_361"></SPAN></p>
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="The Boys Big Game Series">
<tr><td align='left'><h2>The</h2>
<h2>Boys'</h2>
<h2>Big</h2>
<h2>Game</h2>
<h2>Series</h2></td>
<td align='left'><div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="./images/biggame.png" alt="The Boys Big Game Series" title="The Boys Big Game Series" /></div>
</td></tr>
</table></div>
<p class="hangindent"><b>THE GIANT MOOSE.</b> The monarch of the big Northwest; a story told
over camp fires in the reek of cedar smoke and the silence of the barrens.</p>
<p class="hangindent"><b>THE WHITE TIGER OF NEPAL.</b> The weird story of the man-killer
of the foothills. Tinged with the mysticism of India, dramatic and stirring.</p>
<p class="hangindent"><b>THE BLIND LION OF THE CONGO.</b> A story of the least
known part of the earth and its most feared beast. A gripping tale of the
land of the white pigmies.</p>
<p class="hangindent"><b>THE KING BEAR OF KADIAK ISLAND.</b> A tale of the
bully of the Frozen North and his mysterious guardian. A game-and-man-story
that makes a good boy-story.</p>
<p class='center'>
<i>The topnotch of production in boys' books. Remarkable<br/>
covers and four-color jackets. Illustrations and<br/>
cover designs by Dan Sayre Grosbeck.</i><br/>
<br/>
Price, 60 cents each<br/>
<br/>
<big><b>The REILLY & BRITTON CO.</b></big><br/>
PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO<br/></p>
<p><SPAN name="Page_362" id="Page_362"></SPAN></p>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2>The</h2>
<h2>Boy Scouts</h2>
<h2>of the Air Books</h2>
<h3><i>By</i> GORDON STUART</h3>
<div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="./images/bsair.png" alt="The Boy Scouts of the Air Series" title="The Boy Scouts of the Air Series" /></div>
<p>Are stirring stories of adventure
in which real boys, clean-cut
and wide-awake, do the
things other wide-awake boys
like to read about.</p>
<p class='center'>
<i>Four titles,<br/>
per volume,<br/>
60 cents</i><br/></p>
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="The Boy Scouts of the Air Series">
<tr><td align='left'>THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE AIR AT EAGLE CAMP</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE AIR AT GREENWOOD SCHOOL</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE AIR IN INDIAN LAND</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE AIR IN NORTHERN WILDS</td></tr>
</table></div>
<p class='center'>
<i>Splendid Illustrations by Norman Hall</i><br/></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<p><SPAN name="Page_363" id="Page_363"></SPAN></p>
<h3><i>The Best Aviation Stories for Boys</i></h3>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="The Aeroplane Boys">
<tr><td align='left'><div class="figleft"> <SPAN href="./images/aero2.png"><ANTIMG src="./images/aero1-tb.png" alt="WHEN SCOUT MEETS SCOUT" title="WHEN SCOUT MEETS SCOUT" /></SPAN></div>
</td>
<td align='left'><h2>The</h2>
<h2>Aeroplane</h2>
<h2>Boys</h2>
<h2>Series</h2>
<p class='center'><i>By</i><br/>
ASHTON LAMAR</p>
</td>
<td align='left'><div class="figright"> <SPAN href="./images/aero2.png"><ANTIMG src="./images/aero2-tb.png" alt="BATTLING THE BIGHORN" title="BATTLING THE BIGHORN" /></SPAN></div>
</td></tr>
</table></div>
<p class='center'>These are the newest and most exciting<br/>
books of aeroplane adventure. A special<br/>
point is the correctness of the aviation details.</p>
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="The Aeroplane Boys">
<tr><td align='left'><i>1. IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps</i></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><i>2. THE STOLEN AEROPLANE</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, How Bud Wilson Made Good</i></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><i>3. THE AEROPLANE EXPRESS</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, The Boy Aeronaut's Grit</i></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><i>4. THE BOY AERONAUTS' CLUB</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, Flying for Fun</i></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><i>5. A CRUISE IN THE SKY</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl</i></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><i>6. BATTLING THE BIGHORN</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, The Aeroplane in the Rockies</i></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><i>7. WHEN SCOUT MEETS SCOUT</i></td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'><span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Or, The Aeroplane Spy</i></span></td></tr>
</table></div>
<hr style='width: 15%;' />
<p class='center'>
<i>Fully illustrated. Colored frontispiece.<br/>
Cloth, 12mo. 60 cents each.</i><br/></p>
<hr style='width: 45%;' />
<div class='center'>Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago</div>
<p><SPAN name="Page_364" id="Page_364"></SPAN></p>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<div class="figcenter"><ANTIMG src="./images/airship.png" alt="The Famous Airship Boys" title="The Famous Airship Boys" /></div>
<h3><i>By</i> H.L. SAYLER</h3>
<h3><i>SEVEN TITLES</i></h3>
<div class='center'>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="The Airship Boys">
<tr><td align='left'>1. THE AIRSHIP BOYS Or, The Quest of the Aztec Treasure</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>2. THE AIRSHIP BOYS ADRIFT Or, Saved by an Aeroplane</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>3. THE AIRSHIP BOYS DUE NORTH Or, By Balloon to the Pole</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>4. THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN THE BARREN LANDS Or, The Secret ofthe White Eskimos</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>5. THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN FINANCE Or, The Flight of the Flying Cow</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>6. THE AIRSHIP BOYS' OCEAN FLYER Or, New York to London in Twelve Hours</td></tr>
<tr><td align='left'>7. THE AIRSHIP BOYS AS DETECTIVES Or, On Secret Service in Cloudland</td></tr>
</table></div>
<p>Fascinating stories of that wonderful region of
invention where imagination and reality so nearly
meet. There is no more interesting field for stories
for wide-awake boys. Mr. Sayler combines a remarkable
narrative ability with a degree of technical
knowledge that makes these books correct in all
airship details. Full of adventure without being
sensational.</p>
<div class="blockquot"><p><i>The make-up of these books is strictly up-to-date
and fetching. The covers are emblematic,
and the jackets are showy and in colors.
The illustrations are full of dash and vim.
Standard novel size, 12mo. Price $1.00 each.</i></p>
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