Writer: Nellie L. McClung

Thanks to A Celebration of Women Writers http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ for providing the source text. THREE TIMES AND OUT TOLD BY PRIVATE SIMMONS WRITTEN BY NELLIE L. MCCLUNG Author of SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, and THE NEXT OF KIN With Illustrations TORONTO THOMAS ALLEN

Produced by Brendan Lane, carol david and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE BLACK CREEK STOPPING-HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES BY NELLIE L. McCLUNG Copyright, 1912 _To the Pioneer Women of the West, who made life tolerable, and even comfortable, for the others of us; who fed the hungry, advised the erring, nursed the sick, cheered the dying,

PURPLE SPRINGS BY NELLIE L. McCLUNG 1921 CONTENTS I. THE DAY BEFORE II. THE DAY III. THE HOUSE OF CLAY IV. TANGLED THREADS V. WHERE MRS. CROCKS THREW THE SWITCH VI. RED ROSES VII. THE INNOCENT DISTURBER VIII. THE POWER OF INK IX. THE DOCTOR’S DECISION X. THE WOMAN WITH A SORE THOUGHT XI. ENGAGED