CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE.
I. The Parlins. [9]
II. Walking in Sleep. [21]
III. The Trundle-bed. [41]
IV. The Ox-money. [53]
V. The Boy that wore Home the Medal. [63]
VI. The Boy that meant to mind his Mother. [80]
VII. The Boy that cheated. [97]
VIII. The "Never-give-ups." [113]
IX. The Muster. [134]
X. Going to Sea. [153]
XI. To the Forks. [173]
XII. "I ha'e naebody now." [197]
XIII. Conclusion. [215]
LITTLE GRANDFATHER.
CHAPTER I.
THE PARLINS.
He did look so funny when they first put him into "pocket-clothes!" His green "breeches" were so tight that they made you think of two pods of marrow-fat peas, only they were topped off with a pair of "rocco" shoes, as red as bell-peppers. He had silver buckles on his shoes, and brass buttons on his green jacket, which was fastened at the back. He had a white collar about his neck as large as a small cape, and finished off around the edge with a ruffle. His mother had snipped his dark locks so they needn't look so much like a girl's; and then with his brown fur hat on, which his grandfather Cheever had sent from Boston, he looked in the glass and smiled at himself.