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A Princess in Calico, by Edith Ferguson
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Title: A Princess in Calico
Author: Edith Ferguson Black
Release Date: December 26, 2008 [eBook #27630]
Language: English
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A PRINCESS IN CALICO
by
EDITH FERGUSON BLACK
Philadelphia The Union Press 1122 Chestnut Street 1904
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. SLEEPY HOLLOW 7
II. A TEN-DOLLAR BILL 20
III. FAIRYLAND 30
IV. A NEW WORLD 42
V. PAULINE'S BIRTHRIGHT 54
VI. GIVING ONESELF 68
VII. A GREAT SURRENDER 78
VIII. IDEALISING THE REAL 90
IX. A LOST LETTER 103
X. THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE 117
XI. PURE GOLD 129
Chapter I
SLEEPY HOLLOW
She stood at her bedroom window before going downstairs to take up the burden of a new day. She was just seventeen, but they did not keep any account of anniversaries at Hickory Farm. The sun had given her a loving glance as he lifted his bright old face above the horizon, but her father was too busy and careworn to remember, and, since her mother had gone away, there was