Copyright, 1903
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
Published, July, 1903
Thirteenth Impression, March, 1909
TO
All the Girls
WHO, LIKE THE LITTLE COLONEL,
ARE
"STANDING WITH RELUCTANT FEET
WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET,
WOMANHOOD AND CHILDHOOD SWEET."
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Off to Boarding-School | [11] |
| II. | A New Friend | [27] |
| III. | Ida's Secret | [48] |
| IV. | The Shadow Club | [69] |
| V. | At the Beeches | [89] |
| VI. | Uninvited Guests | [101] |
| VII. | The Hallowe'en Masquerade | [123] |
| VIII. | The Princess of the Pendulum | [139] |
| IX. | One Rainy Afternoon | [158] |
| X. | A Plot | [176] |
| XI. | A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | [190] |
| XII. | Ghost or Girl | [213] |
| XIII. | The Shadow Club in Disgrace | [228] |
| XIV. | The Three Weavers | [246] |
| XV. | Thanksgiving Day | [275] |
| XVI. | Christmas Greens and Watch-Night Embers | [287] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| "She stood there on the platform, waving her handkerchief" (See [page 300]) | [Frontispiece] |
| "She turned her white fingers in the moonlight" | [61] |
| "'This little Knave must be my partner'" | [130] |
| "She could hear every word of the conversation" | [167] |
| "He held it aside for them both to pass through" | [199] |
| "Mittie sat up in bed, too startled to utter a sound" | [220] |
| "'It's like a bit of home to see you again'" | [283] |
| "Malcolm, leaning on his gun, stood watching her" | [293] |