Newark, N. J.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A New Home, | [1] |
| II. | The Pineries, | [15] |
| III. | Apples of Discord, | [28] |
| IV. | A New President, | [42] |
| V. | Roger Carrington, | [56] |
| VI. | A Touch of Nature, | [70] |
| VII. | The Beginning of a Love Story, | [86] |
| VIII. | An Angry Father, | [99] |
| IX. | The Weaker Vessel, | [116] |
| X. | A Christmas Augury, | [130] |
| XI. | The Thorns that Beset Love, | [148] |
| XII. | A Talk of Weddings, | [161] |
| XIII. | Lovers and Lovers, | [175] |
| XIV. | Jaqueline, | [191] |
| XV. | A Small Hero, | [207] |
| XVI. | In Old Washington, | [219] |
| XVII. | The Flag of Victory, | [240] |
| XVIII. | Of Many Things, | [253] |
| XIX. | In the Midst of War, | [265] |
| XX. | The Old Story Ever New, | [283] |
| XXI. | Annis, | [298] |
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER I.
A NEW HOME.
"But you will have to take sides," declared Jaqueline Mason, "and it would be ungrateful if you did not take our side. You are going to live here; you really belong to us, you know. Your mother was own cousin to our dear mother, and Patty was named after her——"
"I don't see why I should be called Patty when you've given up Jack and make such a fuss!" interrupted a slim, unformed girl, who was nearly as tall as the first speaker.