LAURA E. RICHARDS
AUTHOR OF
"PEGGY," "MARGARET MONTFORT," "THREE
MARGARETS," ETC.
Illustrated by
ETHELDRED B. BARRY
BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1900
By Dana Estes & Company
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
TO
FIVE GIRLS I KNOW
IN THE TOWN OF SAINT JO
If this story should seem extravagant to any of my readers, I can only refer them to some one of the many published accounts of the Spanish-American War. They will find that many delicate and tenderly nurtured girls were forced to endure dangers and privations compared to which Rita's adventures seem like child's play.
L. E. R.