Chapter I: Front Matter

_The_ LITTLE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS VACATION

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS VACATION

Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON The Little Colonel Series

(_Trade Mark, Reg. U.S. Pat. Of._)
Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel Stories $1.50
(Containing in one volume the three stories, "The
Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and
"Two Little Knights of Kentucky.")

The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50
The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50
The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50
The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50
The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 1.50
The above 9 vols., _boxed_ 13.50
_In Preparation_--A New Little Colonel Book 1.50

The Little Colonel Good Times Book 1.50

Illustrated Holiday Editions

Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed
in colour

The Little Colonel $1.25
The Giant Scissors 1.25
Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25
Big Brother 1.25

Cosy Corner Series

Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated
The Little Colonel $.50
The Giant Scissors .50
Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50
Big Brother .50
Ole Mammy's Torment .50
The Story of Dago .50
Cicely .50
Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50
The Quilt that Jack Built .50
Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50
Mildred's Inheritance .50

Other Books

Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50
In the Desert of Waiting .50
The Three Weavers .50
Keeping Tryst .50
The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50
Asa Holmes 1.00
Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
200 Summer Street Boston, Mass.

The Little Colonel's

Christmas Vacation

By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother,"
"Ole Mammy's Torment," "Joel: A Boy of Galilee,"
"Asa Holmes," etc.

Illustrated by ETHELDRED B. BARRY

BOSTON * L. C. PAGE
& COMPANY * PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1905_

By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

(Incorporated)

_All rights reserved_

Published October, 1905

Ninth Impression, June, 1908

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. WARWICK HALL 1
II. "THE OLD GIRLS' WELCOME TO THE NEW" 22
III. AN EXCURSION 46
IV. "KEEP TRYST" 70
V. A MEMORY-BOOK AND A SOUVENIR SPOON 95
VI. CHRISTMAS CAROLS 121
VII. HOMEWARD BOUND 138
VIII. A PICNIC IN THE SNOW 156
IX. A PROGRESSIVE CHRISTMAS PARTY 176
X. THE DUNGEON OF DISAPPOINTMENT 198
XI. IN THE ATTIC 218
XII. HUMDRUM DAYS 235
XIII. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF AMANTHIS 254
XIV. "CINDERELLA" 273
XV. A HARD-EARNED PEARL 292
XVI. "SWEET SIXTEEN" 315

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"'GEE WHIZ!' EXCLAIMED ROB, IN A TEASING TONE.
'SAY THAT AGAIN, WON'T YOU PLEASE?'"
(_See page 163_) _Frontispiece_

"MADAM'S CONVERSATION LED FAR AWAY FROM THE
CREST AND ITS LESSON" 25

"STUDYING THE FACE OF THE HANDSOME YOUNG FELLOW
WITH INTEREST" 105

"'I TELL YOU SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO SANDBAG ME'" 152

"ONE OF THE BOYS HAD DARED HIM TO CARRY IT" 221

"'I NEARLY FAINTED WHEN I HAPPENED TO LOOK UP'" 248

"SHE RODE OVER TO ROLLINGTON" 299

"'NO MATTAH WHAT LIES AHEAD . . . I'LL NOT
DISAPPOINT THEM'" 333

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS VACATION