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Title: Peggy-Alone

Author: Mary Agnes Byrne

Illustrator: Anna B. Craig

Release Date: January 26, 2008 [EBook #24431]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: The girls paused and waved their handkerchiefs.]

PEGGY-ALONE

BY

MARY AGNES BYRNE

AUTHOR OF
"THE LITTLE WOMAN IN THE SPOUT,"
"LITTLE DAME TROT,"
"ROY AND ROSYROCKS,"
"THE FAIRY CHASES," ETC.

DRAWINGS BY

ANNA B. CRAIG

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

CHICAGO ---- AKRON, OHIO ---- NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1909_

_By_

_The Saalfield Publishing Co._

TO MY SISTER TRESS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. PEGGY-ALONE
II. UNCLE FRED
III. GUMDROPS
IV. THE GARDEN OF GOOD INTENTIONS
V. A DISGUSTED POET
VI. A SCORNFUL BEAUTY
VII. THEATRICALS
VIII. PICNICKING
IX. TISSUE-PAPER HATS
X. ALENE'S VISITORS
XI. TAFFY PULLING
XII. A STRING OF FISH
XIII. A GIRLISH TIFF
XIV. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
XV. AFTER THE SHOW
XVI. LAURA'S PROPOSITION
XVII. IN THE BERRY PATCH
XVIII. TO THE RESCUE
XIX. THE BLUE BOX
XX. MRS. KUMP'S BIRTHDAY
XXI. TO CHINA IN A GLASS-BOAT
XXII. VEXATIONS AND CONSOLATIONS
XXIII. THE CRIMSON BAG
XXIV. THE GARDEN PARTY
XXV. IVY'S FRIEND
XXVI. AN ADVENTURE
XXVII. IN THE TOWER

PEGGY-ALONE

CHAPTER I

PEGGY-ALONE

"Down, Prince!"

High above the shrill exclamations of surprise and terror came that
thin silvery command which the dog, great black fellow that he was,
obeyed at once, and his flight in pursuit of those daring petticoats
which had intruded on his master's orchard was brought to an
ignominious end.

"Girls, say, girls, don't be frightened! He won't bite!"

One of the children had already scaled the wall, dropping her apron of
apples on the way. She stood ready to help the second down, while the
third and largest, who had kept in the rear between the smaller ones
and their purs