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THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOLIDAYS

(Trade Mark)




Works of

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

The Little Colonel Series

(_Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of._)

Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated


    The Little Colonel Stories                           $1.50

      (Containing in one volume the three stories, "The
      Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little
      Knights of Kentucky.")

    The Little Colonel's House Party                      1.50
    The Little Colonel's Holidays                         1.50
    The Little Colonel's Hero                             1.50
    The Little Colonel at Boarding-School                 1.50
    The Little Colonel in Arizona                         1.50
    The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation               1.50
    The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor                     1.50
    The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding              1.50

    The above 9 vols., _boxed_                           13.50

    _In Preparation_--A New Little Colonel Book           1.50

           *       *       *       *       *

    The Little Colonel Good Times Book                    1.50


Illustrated Holiday Editions

Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in colour


    The Little Colonel                                   $1.25
    The Giant Scissors                                    1.25
    Two Little Knights of Kentucky                        1.25
    Big Brother                                           1.25


Cosy Corner Series

Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

    The Little Colonel                                    $.50
    The Giant Scissors                                    .50
    Two Little Knights of Kentucky                        .50
    Big Brother                                           .50
    Ole Mammy's Torment                                   .50
    The Story of <DW55>                                     .50
    Cicely                                                .50
    Aunt 'Liza's Hero                                     .50
    The Quilt that Jack Built                             .50
    Flip's "Islands of Providence"                        .50
    Mildred's Inheritance                                 .50


Other Books

    Joel: A Boy of Galilee                                $1.50
    In the Desert of Waiting                               .50
    The Three Weavers                                      .50
    Keeping Tryst                                          .50
    The Legend of the Bleeding Heart                       .50
    Asa Holmes                                             1.00
    Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon)         1.00


    L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
    200 Summer Street      Boston, Mass.

[Illustration: "AUNT CINDY DARTED AN ANGRY LOOK AT HER SWORN ENEMY."
(_See Page 25_)]




The Little Colonel's Holidays

    By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

    Author of "The Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights
    of Kentucky," "The Story of <DW55>," "The Little
    Colonel's House Party," etc.



    Illustrated by L. J. BRIDGMAN


[Illustration]


    BOSTON  L. C. PAGE
    & COMPANY PUBLISHERS




    _Copyright, 1901_

    BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

    (INCORPORATED)

    _All rights reserved_

    _Twelfth Impression, March, 1908_




    TO

    "The Little Captain" and his sisters

    WHOSE PROUDEST HERITAGE IS THAT
    THEY BEAR THE NAME OF A
    NATION'S HERO.




CONTENTS.


  CHAPTER                                     PAGE
     I. THE MAGIC KETTLE                        11
    II. THE END OF THE SUMMER                   17
   III. BACK TO THE CUCKOO'S NEST               31
    IV. TO BARLEY-BRIGHT                        46
     V. A TIME FOR PATIENCE                     60
    VI. MOLLY'S STORY                           74
   VII. A FEAST OF SAILS                        91
  VIII. EUGENIA JOINS THE SEARCH               105
    IX. LEFT BEHIND                            116
     X. HOME-LESSONS AND JACK-O'-LANTERNS      129
    XI. A HALLOWE'EN PARTY                     146
   XII. THE HOME OF A HERO                     164
  XIII. THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING             180
   XIV. LLOYD MAKES A DISCOVERY                200
