The Box-Car Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner

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               The Box-Car Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
               THE FLIGHT
About seven o'clock one hot summer evening a strange family moved into the little village of Middlesex. Nobody knew where they came from, or who they were. But the neighbors soon made up their minds what they thought of the strangers, for the father was very drunk. He could hardly walk up the rickety front steps of the old tumble-down house, and his thirteen-year-old son had to help him. Toward eight o'clock a pretty, capable-looking girl of twelve came out of the house and bought a loaf of bread at the baker's. And that was all the villagers learned about the newcomers that night.
"There are four children," said the bakeshop woman to her husband the next day, "and their mother is dead. They must have some money, for the girl paid for the bread with a dollar bill."
"Make them pay for everything they get," growled the baker, who was a hard man. "The father is nearly dead with drink now, and soon they will be only beggars."
This happened sooner than he thought. The next day the oldest boy and girl came to ask the bakeshop woman to come over. Their father was dead.
               THE CONTENTS
The Flight
The Second Night
Shelter
A New Home
Housekeeping
Earning A Living
At Home
Building The Dam
Cherry Picking
The Race
More Education
Ginseng
Trouble
Caught
A New Grandfather
A United Family
Safe