The Quilt That Jack Built, How He Won the Bicycle by Annie Fellows Johnston; Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry, first published in 1904. A pleasant little story of a boy's labor of love, and how it changed the course of his life many years after it was accomplished. Classic children's...
"Johnny make a quilt " repeated Rob Marshall, with a shout of laughter. "I'd as soon expect to see a wild buffalo knitting mittens " "But you're not to speak of it outside the family, Rob," his mother hastened to say, "and you must not tease the little fellow. You older children...
"Mr. Marshall made a similar confession one day, and it seemed that Johnny alone was the only member of the family who had no sentiment in regard to the quilt, except, perhaps, a feeling of gratitude. It had brought him the rifle. He snuggled down under it on cold winter nights,...