Books with title Aunt Jane's Nieces And Uncle John

Little Myrtle grew brighter day by day. She even grew merry and developed a fine sense of humor, showing new traits in her hitherto undeveloped character. The girl never mentioned her injury nor admitted that she suffered any pain, even when directly questioned. Indeed she was not uncomfortable during that splendid automobile ride over mountain and plain into the paradise of the glowing West. Never before in her life had Myrtle enjoyed an outing, except for an hour or two in a city park; never before had she known a friend to care for her and sympathize honestly with her griefs. Therefore this experience was so exquisitely delightful that her responsive heart nearly burst with gratitude. Pretty thoughts came to her that she had never had before; her luxurious surroundings led her to acquire dainty ways and a composed and self-poised demeanor. "Our rosebud is unfolding, petal by petal, and beginning to bloom gloriously," said Patsy to sympathetic Uncle John. "Could anyone be more sweet or lovely?" Perhaps almost any girl, situated as Myrtle Dean was, would have blossomed under similar influences. Certain it was that Uncle John came to have a tender affection for the poor child, while the Major's big heart had warmed from the first toward the injured girl. Beth and Patsy were devoted to their new friend and even Mumbles was never so happy as when Myrtle would hold and caress him. Naturally the former waif responded freely to all this wealth of affection and strove to be companionable and cheery, that they might forget as much as possible her physical helplessness. CONTENTS I INTRODUCING "MUMBLES" II UNCLE JOHN'S IDEA III MYRTLE DEAN IV AN INTERESTING PROTÉGÉ V A WONDER ON WHEELS VI WAMPUS SPEEDS VII THE CHAUFFEUR IMPROVES VIII AMONG THE INDIANS IX NATURE'S MASTERPIECE X A COYOTE SERENADE XI A REAL ADVENTURE AT LAST XII CAPTURED XIII THE FIDDLER XIV THE ESCAPE XV THE ROMANCE OF DAN'L XVI THE LODGING AT SPOTVILLE XVII YELLOW POPPIES XVIII THE SILENT MAN XIX "THREE TIMES" XX ON POINT LOMA XXI A TALE OF WOE XXII THE CONFESSION

Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John picks up the continuing story of the three cousins Patsy Doyle, Beth De Graf, and Louise Merrick, and their family; the plot of the book begins three days after the wedding of Louise and her fiancé Arthur Weldon, the event that concluded the sixth book in the series, Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society. Uncle John hires a touring car and the party makes a tour of the South West, visiting New Mexico and Arizona.

Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her money and estate from her fiancé, Thomas Bradley, who died before their wedding took place. With no children of her own, she calls for her three teenaged nieces to visit her, so she can decide who will inherit her estate. They are Louise Merrick, Elizabeth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, children of Jane's younger brother and sisters. Each of the three cousins is a different type.

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Like all other volumes in the series, Lyman Frank Baum wrote this sixth volume under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne. The Aunt Jane’s Nieces books were based on the realistic world related to the writer’s life experiences. John Merrick, his two young nieces and the father of one of his niece go on a trip to Southern California. Where they encounter several people along their vacation. Aunt Jane’s Nieces And Uncle John is one of the sequels to the series of novels of Aunt Jane’s Nieces by Lyman Frank Baum. He was born in Chittenango, New York into an ardent Methodist family. He had a German, Scots, Irish, and English descent. His name, Lyman, was the name of his uncle, he doesn’t want to be called as such and chose to be called by his middle name, Frank. He was also greatly known for his pseudonyms L. Frank Baum, George Brooks, Louis F. Baum, Laura Bancroft, Suzanne Metcalf, Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald, Schuyler Staunton, Edith Van Dyne, Floyd Akers, and John Estes Cooke. He was an author, newspaper editor, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. His main themes are fantasy, poetry, and short stories. He is incredibly eminent for his fantasy novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. After writing the novel, he wrote another thirteen novels as its sequel. His writings awaited subsequent hundred years mundane such as television, augmented reality, laptop computers in The Master Key, wireless telephones in Tik-Tok of Oz, women in dangerous, perilous, action filled jobs in Mary Louise in the Country, and the pervasiveness of exhibiting on apparels in Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work. He started his career in writing at an early age when his father bought him a small printing press. His brother Henry ‘Harry’ Clay Baum helped him write The Rose Lawn Home Journal. The brothers wrote many issues of the journal, published and sold those issues. As a young adult, he was encouraged to write more books all throughout his lifetime.

Aunt Jane's Nieces And Uncle John CHAPTER I INTRODUCING "MUMBLES" Major Gregory Doyle paced nervously up and down the floor of the cosy sitting room. "Something's surely happened to our Patsy!" he exclaimed. A little man with a calm face and a bald head, who was seated near the fire, continued to read his newspaper and paid no attention to the outburst. "Something has happened to Patsy!" repeated the Major, "Patsy" meaning his own and only daughter Patricia. "Something is always happening to everyone," said the little man, turning his paper indifferently. "Something is happening to me, for I can't find the rest of this article. Something is happening to you, for you're losing your temper." "I'm not, sir! I deny it." "As for Patsy," continued the other, "she is sixteen years old and knows New York like a book. The girl is safe enough." "Then where is she? Tell me that, sir. Here it is, seven o'clock, dark as pitch and raining hard, and Patsy is never out after six. Can you, John Merrick, sit there like a lump o' putty and do nothing, when your niece and my own darlin' Patsy is lost--or strayed or stolen?" "What would you propose doing?" asked Uncle John, looking up with a smile.

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