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THE TALE
OF
THE SPINNING-WHEEL

AN OLD DOORWAY

THE TALE
OF THE
SPINNING-WHEEL

BY
ELIZABETH CYNTHIA BARNEY BUEL
Regent “Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter,” Daughters of the American Revolution

ILLUSTRATED BY
EMILY NOYES VANDERPOEL
AUTHOR OF “COLOR PROBLEMS” AND “CHRONICLES OF A PIONEER SCHOOL”

LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT
MCMIII

UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON
AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

DEDICATED
IN GRATEFUL AFFECTION
TO
THE MARY FLOYD TALLMADGE CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
WHOSE READY SYMPATHY AND ENTHUSIASM
HAVE NEVER FAILED IN WORK FOR
“HOME AND COUNTRY”

THE TALEOFTHE SPINNING-WHEEL

THE TALE
OF
THE SPINNING-WHEEL