The Little Colonel at Boarding-School

Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON
—————— L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 200 Summer Street Boston, Mass.
SHE STOOD THERE ON THE PLATFORM, WAVING HER HANDKERCHIEF.

By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON Author of The Little Colonel Series, Big Brother, Ole Mammy's Torment, Asa Holmes, etc. Illustrated by ETHELDRED B. BARRY
This learned I from the shadow of a tree, Which to and fro did sway upon a wall, Our shadow selves—our influence—may fall Where we can never be.
BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1903 By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) All rights reserved Published, July, 1903 Thirteenth Impression, March, 1909
TO All the Girls WHO, LIKE THE LITTLE COLONEL, ARE STANDING WITH RELUCTANT FEET WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET, WOMANHOOD AND CHILDHOOD SWEET.

OFF TO BOARDING-SCHOOL
Something unusual was happening at Locust. Although it was early in September, and the heat and dust of a Kentucky summer still lingered in every corner of Lloydsboro Valley, the great house with its vine-covered pillars was being hastily put in order for winter closing.