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Carmella Commands (1929)
by Walter Savage Ball, illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele
Chapter I
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Carmella Coletta, an Italian teenage girl who immigrated to America with her family when she was very young, must be the family translator as neither of her parents speak English. She needs to help her father navigate a deal worth a hundred times more than anything they've done before, whether he wants her to or not. At home, she must balance handling all the family's official business and obeying her mother, who is struggling to relate to her English speaking children.

Winner of the Harper-American Girl Magazine contest, which had hundreds of entries from around the world and awarded a $2,000 prize.

Walter Savage BallFrederic Dorr Steele4706889Carmella Commands1929
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Carmella
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Carmella

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Carmella
Commands

by

Walter S. Ball

with illustrations by
Frederic Dorr Steele

Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London
1929

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Carmella Commands
Copyright, 1929, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the U.S.A.
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First Edition
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Contents

  1. I.Carmella Takes Her Time 1
  2. II.In Answer to a Question 15
  3. III.A Badge Is Official 29
  4. IV.In Terms of Dollars 40
  5. V.A Social Invitation 50
  6. VI.A Luncheon Costume 63
  7. VII.“Something!” 76
  8. VIII.Real Estate Values 86
  9. IX.A Certified Check 98
  10. X.“Yes!” Said Carmella 111
  11. XI.An Invitation Declined 121
  12. XII.Carmella Deals in Futures 132
  13. XIII.An Invitation Sought 139
  14. XIV.Official and Formal 152
  15. XV.La Piccola Padrona 164
  16. XVI.Discipline Modified 173
  17. XVII.Diplomats Carry Through 183
  18. XVIII.Language Means Something 196
  19. XIX.Two Uses for a Telephone 203
  20. XX.Wickedness Revealed 212
  21. XXI.Guilty, with Reasons 220
  22. XXII.Lessons for a Lady 234
  23. XXIII.American Methods 246
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  1. XXIV.Social Readjustments 257
  2. XXV.Promises Are Promises 261
  3. XXVI.Carmella Looks Ahead 268

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Illustrations

  1. CarmellaFrontispiece
  2. Page
  3. “She Wouldn’t Run, Like You Said”9
  4. Carmella Calmly Arrived13
  5. “Mrs. Barrington, Please Call Me Kate”19
  6. “I Shall Wear My School Dress. It Is More Proper—in America”69
  7. In the Cream-­and-­gold Room They Faced Each Other91
  8. He Handed Carmella a Ten­-dollar Bill, Without Saying Why109
  9. To the Vast Delight of Her Younger Sisters, Carmella Toiled at the Breakfast Dishes123
  10. The Girl Thought Furiously149
  11. “And Listen, caro padre, I Am Your Interpreter. Is it Not So?”155
  12. La piccola padrona169
  13. The Boy Came Gruffly and Sullenly, Looking Down223
  14. Carmella Watched His Face Intently239

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1938, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 86 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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