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A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia By: Alice Turner Curtis |
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by ALICE TURNER CURTIS Author of A LITTLE MAID OF PROVINCE TOWN
A LITTLE MAID OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONY
A LITTLE MAID OF NARRAGANSETT BAY
A LITTLE MAID OF BUNKER HILL
A LITTLE MAID OF TICONDEROGA
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD CONNECTICUT
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD MAINE Illustrated by Edna Cooke [Illustration: SHE LOOKED UP TO FIND LAFAYETTE SMILING AT HER] The Penn Publishing
Company Philadelphia
1921
Copyright
1919 by
The Penn
Publishing
Company A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia Introduction
Ruth Pernell and Winifred Merrill lived in Philadelphia. The city had
been for some time in the hands of General Howe and the British army.
Ruth's father was with Washington at Valley Forge, and the little girls
were ardent supporters of the American cause, and admirers of the
gallant young Frenchman, the Marquis DE Lafayette. Children in 1778 were much like those of to day, and Ruth and her
friends, eager as they were for the war to end successfully, were fond
of dolls and pets, and games and little plays. Yet they kept their ears
open, and when Ruth overheard what two British soldiers said she knew
how to make good use of her knowledge. In each of the other "Little Maid" books is the story of an American
girl during the Revolution. The other stories are: "A Little Maid of
Province Town," "A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony." "A Little Maid
of Bunker Hill," "A Little Maid of Narragansett Bay," "A Little Maid of
Ticonderoga," "A Little Maid of Old Connecticut."
Contents
I. HERO IS LOST 9 II. GILBERT AND LAFAYETTE 19 III. RUTH VISITS GENERAL HOWE 28 IV. AUNT DEBORAH IS SURPRISED 37 V. RUTH DECIDES 43 VI. A DIFFICULT DAY 53 VII. GILBERT'S PLAY 62 VIII. BETTY RUNS AWAY 72 IX. BETTY'S ADVENTURE 84 X. THE LOST PROGRAMME 92 XI. A LONG ROAD 102 XII. A LONG RIDE 113 XIII. HOME AGAIN 123 XIV. THE CANDY DISAPPEARS 133 XV. A FAIRY STORY 142 XVI. BETTY AND ANNETTE 151 XVII. QUEEN BETTY 161 XVIII. A GREAT RESOLVE 171 XIX. THE VISIT 182 XX. LAFAYETTE'S VISIT 193 XXI. AT HOME 205
Illustrations
PAGE SHE LOOKED UP TO FIND LAFAYETTE SMILING
AT HER FRONTISPIECE "'TIS A LADY COMING TO CALL" 33 IT WAS A FAVORITE PLAY HOUSE 95 "THE FIRST OF MAY IS GARLAND DAY" 162 THE BIG HORSE TROTTED DOWN THE STREET 190
A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia
CHAPTER I HERO IS LOST
"Where do you suppose Hero can be, Aunt Deborah? He isn't anywhere about
the house, or in the shed or the garden," and Ruth Pernell's voice
sounded as if she could hardly keep back the tears as she stood in the
doorway of the pleasant kitchen where Aunt Deborah was at work. "Do you suppose the British have taken him?" she asked a little
fearfully; for it was the spring of 1778, when the British troops were
in Philadelphia, and Ruth was quite sure that every English soldier who
saw Hero must want him for his own. The dog was her dearest possession.
On her tenth birthday, nearly a year before, her father had given her
Hero for a birthday present; and now that her father was with
Washington's army his gift seemed even more precious to his little
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