LAURA E. RICHARDS
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "PEGGY," "MARGARET MONTFORT," "THREE MARGARETS," ETC. Illustrated by ETHELDRED B. BARRY
BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1900 By Dana Estes & Company Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
TO FIVE GIRLS I KNOW IN THE TOWN OF SAINT JO
If this story should seem extravagant to any of my readers, I can only refer them to some one of the many published accounts of the Spanish-American War. They will find that many delicate and tenderly nurtured girls were forced to endure dangers and privations compared to which Rita's adventures seem like child's play.
L. E. R.