“PICKING FLOWERS.” [See page 218.]
LITTLE HELPERS
BY
MARGARET VANDEGRIFT
AUTHOR OF “THE DEAD DOLL AND OTHER POEMS” Etc.
Illustrated.
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
211 Tremont Street
1889
Copyright, 1888,
By Ticknor and Company.
ELECTROTYPED BY
C. J. Peters & Son, Boston,
U. S. A.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter. | Page. | |
| I. | Independence | [11] |
| II. | Thinking and Thinkephones | [23] |
| III. | Letter and Spirit | [39] |
| IV. | The First Move | [50] |
| V. | Inalienable Rights | [61] |
| VI. | Leaning | [70] |
| VII. | The Extra Horse | [81] |
| VIII. | “Long Patience” | [89] |
| IX. | A Contract | [99] |
| X. | Neighbors | [108] |
| XI. | Battle and Victory | [122] |
| XII. | Fasting | [131] |
| XIII. | A Chance for a Knightly Deed | [140] |
| XIV. | The Valley of the Shadow | [149] |
| XV. | More Chances | [157] |
| XVI. | Enlisting | [168] |
| XVII. | The Wrong End | [178] |
| XVIII. | Turning the Glass | [189] |
| XIX. | At the Farm | [195] |
| XX. | The Tin Mug | [204] |
| XXI. | Seeing Why | [212] |
| XXII. | The Way of Escape | [221] |
| XXIII. | The Circular City | [232] |
| XXIV. | The Circular City, continued | [243] |
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
| “Picking Flowers” | [Frontispiece] |
| The Skating Lesson | [75] |
| The New Knife | [125] |
| Minding the Baby | [163] |
| The Field Glass | [185] |
| Poor Katy | [225] |