ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Reading edition
These stories first appeared in the Youth's Companion. The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her to republish them in the present volume.
Messrs. L. C. Page and Company wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in granting them permission to use the original illustrations.
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Aunt 'Liza's Hero13
The Captain's Celebration35
Jode's Circus Money51
Jimmy's Errand71
Washington's Birthday at Hardyville89
An Old Daguerreotype113
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"At first he always brought some boy with him" (See page 43)Frontispiece
"She listened intently, expectantly"28
"She sat smiling happily in the depths of the black sunbonnet"31
"Mr. Gates kicked his feet against the andirons"93