| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Hanging of the Mirror | [1] |
| II. | Bed-time Confidences | [27] |
| III. | A Knight Comes Riding | [46] |
| IV. | Betty's Novel | [68] |
| V. | A Camera Helps | [97] |
| VI. | "Garden Fancies" | [116] |
| VII. | Spanish Lessons | [134] |
| VIII. | "Shadows of the World Appear" | [161] |
| IX. | More Shadows | [181] |
| X. | By the Silver Yard-stick | [199] |
| XI. | The End of Several Things | [221] |
| XII. | Six Months Later | [242] |
| XIII. | The Miracle of Blossoming | [266] |
| XIV. | The Royal Mantle | [285] |
| XV. | "As It Was written in the Stars" and Betty's Diary | [308] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| "With the donning of the ancient dress she seemed to have put on the sweet shy manner that had been the charm of its first wearer" (See [page 142]) | [Frontispiece] |
| "The other grasped some dark object that seemed to be a picture frame" | [6] |
| "Drew rein a moment at the gate, to look down the stately avenue" | [47] |
| "He was bending anxiously over a bubbling saucepan" | [87] |
| "Making a cup of her white hands" | [126] |
| "For once the red and green bird was on its good behaviour" | [180] |
| "She poured the corn into the popper and began to shake it over the red coals" | [261] |
| "'She looked to me just like one of her own lilies'" | [315] |
THE
LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT
COMES RIDING
CHAPTER I
THE HANGING OF THE MIRROR
It was a June morning in Kentucky. The doctor's nephew coming at a gallop down the pike into Lloydsboro Valley, reined his horse to a walk as he reached the railroad crossing, and leaning forward in his saddle, hesitated a moment between the two roads.