That Little Girl of Miss Eliza's: A Story for Young People

THAT LITTLE GIRL
OF MISS ELIZA’S
A STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
JEAN K. BAIRD
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
Augustana Book Concern
Printed in the United States of America.
AUGUSTANA BOOK CONCERN, PRINTERS AND BINDERS
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
“The poorest farming land in all the country,” someone called it. “The best crop of stones and stumps, I ever saw,” someone else had said. Everyone smiled and drove on, and Shintown and its people passed from their knowledge.
“Shintown? Where in the name of goodness did they get such a name?” the elderly gentleman in the touring car asked his companion.
“Have to use your shins to get here. It used to be that Shank’s mare was the only one that could travel the miserable roads. They were mere foot-paths. Even the railroads have shot clear of it. See over there.”