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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Carl and the Cotton Gin, by Sara Ware Bassett, Illustrated by William F. Stecher
Title: Carl and the Cotton Gin
Author: Sara Ware Bassett
Release Date: November 20, 2007 [eBook #23560]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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The Invention Series
CARL AND THE COTTON GIN
By
SARA WARE BASSETT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WILLIAM F. STECHER
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1924
Copyright, 1924,
by Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published September, 1924
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The McGregors | 1 |
| II | Carl Tells a Story | 17 |
| III | A Tragedy | 31 |
| IV | Problems | 45 |
| V | A Tangle of Surprises | 60 |
| VI | The Web Widens | 71 |
| VII | The Coming of the Fairy Godmother | 79 |
| VIII | The Romance of Cotton | 97 |
| IX | North and South | 112 |
| X | A Lesson in Thrift | 124 |
| XI | A Family Congress | 140 |
| XII | A Clue | 160 |
| XIII | Hal Repeats His Visit | 180 |
| XIV | Spinning Yarns | 193 |
| XV | Tidings | 219 |
| XVI | A Reluctant Altruist | 228 |
| XVII | An Ordeal | 237 |
| XVIII | The Solution of Many Mysteries | 250 |
| XIX | Unraveling the Snarls | 259 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| "Mr. Carl McGregor," announced he in a stentorian tone | Frontispiece |
| Page | |
| "The cotton is sent to factories to be ginned" | 129 |
| "But that isn't our basket, Mother," Carl said. "This is much bigger" | 155 |
| "I've hunted for you |