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Title: The Puritan Twins

Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins

Release Date: September 4, 2005 [EBook #16644]

Language: English

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THE PURITAN TWINS

By Lucy Fitch Perkins

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

[Illustration]

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO

The Riverside Press Cambridge

By Lucy Fitch Perkins

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_Geographical Series_

THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER. _Grade I._
THE DUTCH TWINS. _Grade III._
THE ESKIMO TWINS. _Grade II._
THE FILIPINO TWINS. _Grade IV._
THE JAPANESE TWINS. _Grade IV._
THE SWISS TWINS. _Grade IV._
THE IRISH TWINS. _Grade V._
THE ITALIAN TWINS. _Grades V and VI._
THE SCOTCH TWINS. _Grades V and VI._
THE MEXICAN TWINS. _Grade VI._
THE BELGIAN TWINS. _Grade VI._
THE FRENCH TWINS. _Grade VII._

_Historical Series_

THE CAVE TWINS. _Grade IV._
THE SPARTAN TWINS. _Grades V-VI._
THE PURITAN TWINS. _Grades VI-VII._

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_Each volume is illustrated by the author_

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press

CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

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CONTENTS

I. THE PEPPERELLS AND THE CAPTAIN 3

II. TWO DAYS 39

III. ON BOARD THE LUCY ANN 63

IV. A FOREST TRAIL 87

V. THE NEW HOME 113

VI. HARVEST HOME 157

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS 181

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I

THE PEPPERELLS AND THE CAPTAIN

One bright warm noonday in May of the year 1638, Goodwife Pepperell
opened the door of her little log cabin, and, screening her eyes from
the sun with a toilworn hand, looked about in every direction, as
if searching for some one. Sh