During "murketiden," the dark months between September and March, a Norwegian girl and her family try to hasten the arrival of spring.

Young Tom faces arrest for theft, the schemes of a greedy cousin, and working in New York city before meeting with success

First published in 1902 by A.L. Burt, New York.

Excerpt from Tom Turner's Legacy: The Story of How He Secured It I wish I hadn't played ball this afternoon, soliloquized Tom Turner, as he eyed ruefully a larg