Chapter I: Front Matter

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT COMES RIDING

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
Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum 1.50
The above 10 vols., _boxed_ 15.00

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
The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50
Asa Holmes 1.00
Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00

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

(_See page 142_)]

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT COMES RIDING

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

"And sometimes in the mirror blue,
The knights come riding, two by two."
THE LADY OF SHALOTT.

BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1907_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_

_All rights reserved_

First impression, October, 1907
Second impression, April, 1909

_COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE HANGING OF THE MIRROR 1
II. BED-TIME CONFIDENCES 27
III. A KNIGHT COMES RIDING 46
IV. BETTY'S NOVEL 68
V. A CAMERA HELPS 97
VI. "GARDEN FANCIES" 116
VII. SPANISH LESSONS 134
VIII. "SHADOWS OF THE WORLD APPEAR" 161
IX. MORE SHADOWS 181
X. BY THE SILVER YARD-STICK 199
XI. THE END OF SEVERAL THINGS 221
XII. SIX MONTHS LATER 242
XIII. THE MIRACLE OF BLOSSOMING 266
XIV. THE ROYAL MANTLE 285
XV. "AS IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS" AND BETTY'S DIARY 308

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"WITH THE DONNING OF THE ANCIENT DRESS SHE SEEMED
TO HAVE PUT ON THE SWEET SHY MANNER THAT HAD
BEEN THE CHARM OF ITS FIRST WEARER"
(_See page 142_) _Frontispiece_

"THE OTHER GRASPED SOME DARK OBJECT THAT SEEMED TO
BE A PICTURE FRAME" 6

"DREW REIN A MOMENT AT THE GATE, TO LOOK DOWN THE
STATELY AVENUE" 47

"HE WAS BENDING ANXIOUSLY OVER A BUBBLING SAUCEPAN" 87

"MAKING A CUP OF HER WHITE HANDS" 126

"FOR ONCE THE RED AND GREEN BIRD WAS ON ITS GOOD
BEHAVIOUR" 180

"SHE POURED THE CORN INTO THE POPPER AND BEGAN TO
SHAKE IT OVER THE RED COALS" 261

"'SHE LOOKED TO ME JUST LIKE ONE OF HER OWN LILIES'" 315

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT COMES RIDING