The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mr. Wicker's Window, by Carley DawsonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Mr. Wicker's WindowAuthor: Carley DawsonIllustrator: Lynd WardRelease Date: May 24, 2009 [EBook #28952]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MR. WICKER'S WINDOW ***Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCover Page Cover Page Title page Transcriber's Note:Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on thispublication was renewed. MR.WICKER'S WINDOW byCarley Dawson Seal Illustrated byLynd Ward 1952HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTONThe Riverside Press Cambridge Copyright, 1952, byCARLEY DAWSON and LYND WARDForthose atSecond FamilyHouseSealIllustrationCHAPTER 1Christopher Mason felt numb. It seemed to him that he was as good as an orphan already, for his father, a Commanderin the Navy, was far away at sea, and Chris's mother was in a hospital, not expected to live.Chris scuffed along the brick pavements of Georgetown, but he did not, as he usually did, look about at its familiarhouses. This friendly core of the growing city of Washington, D.C., today seemed to him almost hostile ...
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