. Little helpers . 2U JTrcmont Street1889 • LIC 11274556IJ A8TOR, LEW?: ANf>T1U>EN FOUNDATIONS COPYRIGHT, 1888,BY TlCKNOR AND COMPANY. ELECTROTYPEn BY C. J. PETERS & SON, BOSTON,U. S. A. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. INDEPENDENCE II. THINKING AND THINKEPHONES .... III. LETTER AND SPIRIT IV. THE FIRST MOVE 50 V. INALIENABLE RIGHTS VI. LEANING ™ VII. THE EXTRA HORSE 81 VIII. LONG PATIENCE 89 IX. A CONTRACT 99 X. XEIGHBORS 108 XI. BATTLE AND VICTORY . ^ 122 XII. FASTING 131 XIII. A CHANCE FOR A KNIGHTLY DEED 140 XIV. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 149 XV. MORE CHANCES 157 XVI. ENLISTING 168 XVII. T
. Little helpers . 2U JTrcmont Street1889 • LIC 11274556IJ A8TOR, LEW?: ANf>T1U>EN FOUNDATIONS COPYRIGHT, 1888,BY TlCKNOR AND COMPANY. ELECTROTYPEn BY C. J. PETERS & SON, BOSTON,U. S. A. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. INDEPENDENCE II. THINKING AND THINKEPHONES .... III. LETTER AND SPIRIT IV. THE FIRST MOVE 50 V. INALIENABLE RIGHTS VI. LEANING ™ VII. THE EXTRA HORSE 81 VIII. LONG PATIENCE 89 IX. A CONTRACT 99 X. XEIGHBORS 108 XI. BATTLE AND VICTORY . ^ 122 XII. FASTING 131 XIII. A CHANCE FOR A KNIGHTLY DEED 140 XIV. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 149 XV. MORE CHANCES 157 XVI. ENLISTING 168 XVII. THE WRONG END 178 XVIII. TURNING THE GLASS 189 XIX. AT THE FARM 195 XX. THE TIN MUG 204 XXI. SEEING WHY 212 * XXII. THE WAY OF ESCAPE .221 XXIII. THE CIRCULAR CITY . 232 XXIV. THE CIRCULAR CITY, CONTINUED 243 5 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. PICKING FLOWERS ... Frontispiece THE SKATING LESSON .... 75 THE NEW KNIFE 125 MINDING THE BABY 163 THE FIELD GLASS 185 POOR KATY , LlT> LITTLE HELPERS. LITTLE CHAPTER I. INDEPENDENCE. IS name was Johnny Leslie, and he wasstanding on an empty flour barrel; in hishand was his United States History, andhe was shouting at the top of his littlevoice, — All men are born free and equal,and endowed with certain in-in-alienablerights, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He stopped a minute to draw a long breath, and his audience,who was sitting in an easy position upon the upturned kitchencoal scuttle, with her oldest child inher arms, took the opportunity to askmeekly,— What does that dreadful longword mean, Johnny ? I never heardof that kind of rights before. Youll know when youre , said Johnny, loftily, and he wasgoing on with his oration, but the audi-ence was not to be silenced in this easy manner, and persisted,— 11
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