SCENE OF THE STORY.
Franconia, a place among the mountains at the North. The time is summer.
PRINCIPAL PERSONS.
Mrs. Henry, a lady residing at Franconia.
Alphonzo, commonly called Phonny, about nine years old.
Malleville, Phonny’s cousin from New York, seven years old.
Wallace, Malleville’s brother, a college student, visiting Franconia at this season.
Stuyvesant, Wallace’s brother, about nine years old.
Antoine Bianchinette, commonly called Beechnut, a French boy, now about fourteen years old, living at Mrs. Henry’s.