The Project Gutenberg EBook of Elsie on the Hudson, by Martha Finley

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: Elsie on the Hudson

Author: Martha Finley

Release Date: April 28, 2010 [EBook #32163]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ELSIE ON THE HUDSON ***

Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)

ELSIE ON THE HUDSON
_AND ELSEWHERE_

BY

MARTHA FINLEY

AUTHOR OF THE ELSIE BOOKS, THE MILDRED BOOKS,
"WANTED, A PEDIGREE," ETC.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1898,
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

NOTE.

For information in regard to the events of our two wars
with England, the author is largely indebted to Lossing's
historical works--The Field Books of the Revolution and
of the War of 1812.

M. F.

ELSIE ON THE HUDSON

CHAPTER I.

Crag Cottage was almost overflowingly full the first night after the
arrival of its young mistress and her friends, but with a little
contrivance all were comfortably accommodated. Most of them, weary
with their journey, slept rather late in the morning, but Captain
Raymond and his eldest daughter were as usual out of doors--out in the
grounds--early enough to enjoy the beautiful sight of the rising of
the sun over the eastern mountains. They met upon the front porch just
in time to walk down together to Evelyn's favorite summer house on the
edge of the cliff, before the king of day showed his bright face
peeping ab