Boys and Girls of Colonial Days

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
“THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION”
BOYS AND GIRLS OF COLONIAL DAYS
CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
Author of “What To Do for Uncle Sam,” “Boys and Girls Of Pioneer Days” and other stories
Illustrated By ULDENE SHRIVER
1925 A. FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Boys and Girls of Colonial Days
Peering over the edge of the boat rail, Love strained her weary, blue eyes for a glimpse of land. The sun, a ball of soft, gold light, showed now through the haze, and suddenly, like a fairy place the city appeared. There were tall, shining towers, gold church spires, pointed roofs with wide, red chimneys where the storks stood in one-legged fashion, and great windmills with their long arms stretched out to catch the four winds. Amsterdam, in Holland, it was, the haven of this little boat load of Pilgrims.