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A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia By: Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831-1916) |
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by AMANDA M. DOUGLAS [Illustration] A. L. Burt Company
Publishers New York Copyright, 1890,
by
Dodd, Mead and Company.
TO MR. AND MRS. HENRY HORTON LAWRENCE. The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth
of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down
through the earnest hands that have labored for its welfare and left
imperishable monuments. To the legacies of remembrances you have had
handed down to you, I add this little story of a long ago time, a posy
culled from quaint gardens. With sincere regard , AMANDA M. DOUGLAS. NEWARK, N.J., 1899.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE I. HERE AND THERE, 1 II. BESSY WARDOUR, 14 III. IN A NEW WORLD, 29 IV. OF MANY THINGS, 44 V. A BOULEVERSEMENT, 58 VI. TO THE RESCUE, 74 VII. AT SOME CROSSROADS, 87 VIII. A LITTLE REBEL, 104 IX. FATE TO THE FORE, 122 X. TO TURN AND FIGHT, 134 XI. A RIFT OF SUSPICION, 150 XII. TRUE TO HER COLORS, 167 XIII. UNDER THE ROSE, 183 XIV. FOR NATIVE LAND AND LOYALTY, 200 XV. PARTING, 215 XVI. LOVE AND TRUE LOVE, 231 XVII. MID WAR'S ALARMS, 238 XVIII. WHOM SHALL SHE PITY, 264 XIX. MIDNIGHT TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, 279 XX. WHEN THE WORLD WENT WELL, 297 XXI. AN APRIL GIRL, 312 XXII. POLLY AND PHIL, 330 XXIII. PRIMROSE, 342 XXIV. THE OLD AND THE NEW, 364 A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD PHILADELPHIA.
CHAPTER I. HERE AND THERE.
She was swinging her gingham sunbonnet, faded beyond any recognition of
its pristine coloring, her small hand keeping tight hold of the strings.
At every revolution it went swifter and swifter until it seemed a
grayish sort of wheel whirling in the late sunshine that sent long
shadows among the trees. When she let it go it flew like a great bird,
while she laughed sweet, merry childish notes that would have stirred
almost any soul. A slim, lithe little maid with a great crop of yellow
hair, cut short in the neck, and as we should say now, banged across the
forehead. But it was a mass of frowzy curls that seemed full of
sunshine. With two or three quick leaps she captured it again and was just
preparing for her next swirl. "Primrose! Primrose! I think thee grows more disorderly every day. What
caper is this? Look at these strings, they are like a twisted rope. And
if thy bonnet had gone into the pond! For that matter it needs the
washtub." Primrose laughed again and then broke it in the in the middle with a
funny little sound, and glanced at the tall woman beside her, who was
smoothing out the strings with sundry pinches. "Certainly thou art a heedless girl! What thou wilt be " She checked
herself. "Come at once to the kitchen. Wash thy face and hands and comb
out that nest of frowze. Let me see" surveying her. "Thou must have a
clean pinafore. And dust thy shoes." Primrose followed Aunt Lois in a spell of wonderment. The scolding was
not severe, but it was generally followed by some sort of punishment. A
clean pinafore, too! To be set on a high stool and study a Psalm, or be
relegated to bread and water, and, oh! she was suddenly hungry. Down in
the orchard were delicious ripe apples lying all about the ground. Why
had she not gone and taken her fill? She scrubbed her face with her small hands until Aunt Lois said, "That
is surely enough." Then she wet her hair and tugged at the tangles, but
as for getting it straight that was out of the question... Continue reading book >>
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