Annie Fellows Johnston
Reading edition
Author of "The Little Colonel's House Party," "The Little Colonel's Holidays," "Two Little Knights of Kentucky," etc.
Illustrated by Sears Gallagher and others
Boston L.C. Page & Company 1903
Copyright, 1901 by Perry Mason Company Copyright, 1902 by L.C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) All rights reserved
Published, May, 1902
Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C.H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
These stories first appeared in the Youth's Companion and Forward. The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her to republish them in the present volume.
Messrs. L.C. Page & Company wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors, by which they were able to arrange for the use of the original illustrations.
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Cicely 11
Alida's Homeliness 35
The Hand of Douglas 59
Elsie's "Palmistry Evening" 87
Their Ancestral Latch-String 111
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"There were voices passing her door" (See page 75) Frontispiece
"The cheer and warmth of it all comforted her" 31
"Hid her face in a great bunch of roses" 55
"'Why, I have never even heard of them'" 67
"'What is the matter?' he repeated" 78
"It was not her voice alone which drew so many admirers" 83
"'She hid her face on my shoulder'" 100
"'Looking at her hand a dozen times a day'" 103
"'Asked me to hunt up all the references'" 108
"It hurt the faithful old mammy's pride" 114
"Pausing in her scrubbing" 116
"She entertained them with stories of her travels" 122
"At the gate he turned for a long backward look" 127
"'You needn't look at me in that way,' she whispered, defiantly" 133