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Title: In Doublet and Hose
A Story for Girls

Author: Lucy Foster Madison

Illustrator: Clyde O. Deland

Release Date: February 9, 2009 [EBook #28037]

Language: English

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IN DOUBLET AND HOSE

_A STORY FOR GIRLS_

_By_ LUCY FOSTER MADISON

_Author of_
"A Colonial Maid" etc.

_Illustrated by_
CLYDE O. DELAND

The Penn Publishing Company
PHILADELPHIA MCMIV

COPYRIGHT 1904 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

In Doublet and Hose

[Illustration: "_METHINKS THE MAID WILL SERVE OUR PURPOSE WELL_"]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A QUESTION OF SKILL 7
II THE SOLDIER GUEST 17
III THE PAGE'S DRESS 27
IV ANTHONY BABINGTON 37
V ON THE ROAD TO STAFFORD 48
VI A GLIMPSE OF MARY 56
VII FRANCIS TO THE FRONT 66
VIII THE DELIVERY OF THE LETTERS 75
IX THE COMING OF ELIZABETH 90
X THE QUEEN TAKES OFFENSE 101
XI AT THE QUEEN'S COMMAND 111
XII THE FAVOR OF PRINCES 121
XIII A FAMILIAR FACE AND A CHALLENGE 137
XIV A STRANGE DUEL 149
XV THE STRANGE WEAKNESS OF FRANCIS STAFFORD 160
XVI WHAT CAME OF AN OFFER OF FRIENDSHIP 171
XVII WHAT FRANCIS OVERHEARD 182
XVIII AN ADVENTURE 192
XIX A SHELTER FROM THE STORM 203
XX FRANCIS FINDS A HELPER 213
XXI AN UNLOOKED FOR RECEPTION 223
XXII AS IT FELL OUT