A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony

								


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 A LITTLE MAID
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
COLONY


BY


ALICE TURNER CURTIS


AUTHOR OF


A LITTLE MAID OF PROVINCE TOWN
A LITTLE MAID OF NARRAGANSETT BAY


ILLUSTRATED BY WUANITA SMITH


THE PENN PUBLISHING
COMPANY PHILADELPHIA
1915

 COPYRIGHT
1914 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

Introduction

The first Anne Nelson story was "A Little Maid of Province Town," which
told how the little Cape Cod girl's father went away to fight for the
colonies, how she went to live with the Stoddards, how she escaped
perils from Indians and wolves, made an unexpected trip to Boston, and
carried an important message for the colonial army.
The girls and boys who made acquaintance in that book with Anne and with
Amanda and Amos Cary will be glad to read here how Amos won his heart's
desire,--to go a long voyage from the harbor of Province Town; Anne's
journey with the Indians, her imprisonment in the house in the woods,
and her escape; how she and Rose Freeman discovered "Aunt Anne Rose" on
the happy trip in Boston, and how Anne helped to capture an English
privateer, will hold the attention of young readers, and, incidentally,
show them something of the times and history of Revolutionary days in
New England.

Contents

     I. AMANDA'S MISTAKE                         9

    II. ANNE DECIDES                            22

   III. A NEW FRIEND                            32

    IV. WITH THE MASHPEES                       48

     V. AT BREWSTER                             61

    VI. AMANDA'S CONSCIENCE                     75

   VII. THE BLACK-BEARDED MAN                   88
VIII. THROUGH THE WINDOW                     104

    IX. LADY DISAPPEARS                        117

     X. AUNT ANNE ROSE                         131

    XI. IN BOSTON                              140

   XII. A WONDERFUL DAY                        149
XIII. ANNE'S BOOK                            162

   XIV. ANNE AND MILLICENT                     173

    XV. AMOS APPEARS                           184

   XVI. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR                  192
XVII. THE STRANGE SCHOONER                   204
XVIII. A GREAT ADVENTURE                      213

   XIX. "HOMEWARD BOUND"                       221

Illustrations

                                                    PAGE


"A WONDERFUL THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN"

                                          Frontispiece


"SIT THERE AND BE QUIET"                             42


"YOU CAN GET ON HIS BACK"                           132


HE HANDED HER A BALL                                177


"YOU ARE THE BRAVEST GIRL IN THE COLONY"            220