Front matter
Reading edition
BOOKS BY ELSIE SINGMASTER
When Sarah Saved the Day
When Sarah Went to School
Gettysburg
Katy Gaumer
Emmeline
The Long Journey
The Life of Martin Luther
John Baring's House
Basil Everman
Ellen Levis
Bennett Malin
The Hidden Road
A Boy at Gettysburg
Bred in the Bone
Keller's Anna Ruth
'Sewing Susie'
What Everybody Wanted
Virginia's Bandit
You Make Your Own Luck
A Little Money Ahead
SARAH DID NOT SPEAK, SHE ONLY HID HER EYES (page 126)
WHEN SARAH SAVED THE DAY
BY ELSIE SINGMASTER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM
Published October 1909
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
TO CAROLINE HOOPES SINGMASTER
CONTENTS
I.Uncle Daniel's Offer1
II.The Rebels take to Arms24
III.Uncle Daniel steals a March44
IV.There is Company to Supper62
V.The Blow falls79
VI.The Orphans' Court97
VII."And now We will go Home"116
ILLUSTRATIONS
Sarah did not speak, she only hid her eyes (Page 126)Frontispiece
Go away and leave me with my children20
The station agent looked at them curiously94
Uncle Daniel smiled and drew out two shining dollars112