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THE MERRYWEATHERS

[Illustration: "'TU-WHOO!' SAID THE SNOWY OWL."]




THE MERRYWEATHERS

BY

LAURA E. RICHARDS

        AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY," "QUEEN
        HILDEGARDE," "GEOFFREY STRONG," ETC.

  =Illustrated by=
  JULIA WARD RICHARDS

[Illustration]

        BOSTON
        DANA ESTES & COMPANY
        PUBLISHERS




        _Copyright, 1904_
        BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

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_All rights reserved_

THE MERRYWEATHERS


        =Colonial Press=
        Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
        Boston, Mass., U. S. A.




                TO

           H. H. F., Jr.

     WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING.




FOR REMEMBRANCE


          The sunlight falls in gold upon the golden fields,
        The ruffling wave gives back the sky in blue;
          The asters fringe the meadow's skirts in purple pride,
    