Chapter I: Front Matter

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOLIDAYS

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Works of

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

The Little Colonel Series

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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

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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 Holidays

By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Author of "The Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights
of Kentucky," "The Story of Dago," "The Little
Colonel's House Party," etc.

Illustrated by L. J. BRIDGMAN

BOSTON L. C. PAGE
& COMPANY PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1901_

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

_Twelfth Impression, March, 1908_

TO

"The Little Captain" and his sisters

WHOSE PROUDEST HERITAGE IS THAT
THEY BEAR THE NAME OF A
NATION'S HERO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE MAGIC KETTLE 11
II. THE END OF THE SUMMER 17
III. BACK TO THE CUCKOO'S NEST 31
IV. TO BARLEY-BRIGHT 46
V. A TIME FOR PATIENCE 60
VI. MOLLY'S STORY 74
VII. A FEAST OF SAILS 91
VIII. EUGENIA JOINS THE SEARCH 105
IX. LEFT BEHIND 116
X. HOME-LESSONS AND JACK-O'-LANTERNS 129
XI. A HALLOWE'EN PARTY 146
XII. THE HOME OF A HERO 164
XIII. THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING 180
XIV. LLOYD MAKES A DISCOVERY 200
XV. A HAPPY CHRISTMAS 216
XVI. A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE 231

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
"AUNT CINDY DARTED AN ANGRY LOOK AT HER
SWORN ENEMY" (_see page 25_) _Frontispiece_
"TO THEIR EXCITED FANCY SHE SEEMED A REAL WITCH" 57
"THE PICTURE PASSED AROUND THE CIRCLE" 103
"THE PLAN WORKED LIKE A CHARM" 130
"SHE BEGAN THE OLD RHYME" 159
THE BUTTERFLY CARNIVAL 183
"'OH, _WHAT_ IS YOUR NAME?'" 208
"THE LITTLE HAND HELD HERS" 226

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S

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HOLIDAYS.