Front matter
Reading edition
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
“THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION”
BOYS AND GIRLS OF COLONIAL DAYS
BY
CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
Author of “What To Do for Uncle Sam,” “Boys and Girls Of Pioneer Days” and other stories
Illustrated By ULDENE SHRIVER
1925 A. FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
The Pink Tulip
Big Hawk’s Decoration
The Soap Making of Remember Biddle
The Beacon Tree
The Jack-O’-Lantern Witch
The Iron Stove
A Boston Tea Party
The Deacon’s Grasshopper
Patience Arnold’s Sampler
The Star Lady
The Flag of Their Regiment
The Boy Who Had Never Seen An Indian
Dick, the Youngest Soldier
Betsy’s Guest
ILLUSTRATIONS
“The Youngest Soldier of the Revolution”
Amsterdam
“The Kettle Bubbled and Sang a Cheerful Welcome to Love”
Jan and his Dog Cart
“The Log Cabin was but a Rough Home”
“‘I Tied Master Biddle’s Queue to his Chair’”
“He Pointed Toward his Tribe’s Camping Place”
“‘Shall I be Alone for Thanksgiving Day, Mother, Dear?’”
“Remember Brought Pails of Water”
“The Indian, Helping himself to a Huge Handful of the Soap, Washed his Hands Solemnly”
“Hannah Dipped the Wicks for a Second in the Melted Tallow”
The Town Crier
“The Little White Boy ... Had Printed Strange Characters”
“He Beat the Heavy Oak Panels with his Half-frozen, Brown Little Hands”
“‘Do You Know who the Witch Is, Desire?’ He asked”
“Granny Hewitt Loved the Boys and Girls”
“The Jack-O’-Lantern Witch”
“They Took their Homeward Way through the Snow”
The First Stove
“The Wayward Little Girl, Perched High upon the Dunce’s Stool”
Colonial Furniture
“Susan Deliberately Tipped her Cup, Throwing the Tea, Untasted, on the Grass”
“He Perched himself upon a Stool beside his Work Bench”
Faneuil Hall, Boston
“‘Give me the Key, I Say’”
Patience Arnold’s Sampler
“‘I Could Hear but not be Seen’”
Colonial Spinning Wheel and Clock
Colonial Silver
“‘It Is Hard, William, To Be a Girl ... with Nothing To Do but Sit at Home’”
“‘My Cooking Has Been Done on Sticks over the Fire’”
“Eli Stepped Out ... Alone and Unprotected”
Two of the Farm Hands
“Little Mistress of the Mansion”
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days
