nel Stories--Second Series $2.00

(Containing the three stories, "The Three Tremonts,"
"The Little Colonel in Switzerland,"
and "Ole Mammy's Torment.")

The Little Colonel's House Party $2.00
The Little Colonel's Holidays 2.00
The Little Colonel's Hero 2.00
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2.00
The Little Colonel in Arizona 2.00
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 2.00
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 2.00
The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 2.00
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware 2.00
Mary Ware in Texas 2.00
Mary Ware's Promised Land 2.00
The above 13 vols., boxed, as a set 26.00

[Illustration: "'SPIN, WHEEL, REEL OUT THY GOLDEN THREAD'"]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. HER TWELFTH BIRTHDAY 11

II. THE WONDER-BALL BEGINS TO UNWIND 25

III. LLOYD MEETS HERO 41

IV. HERO'S STORY 55

V. THE RED CROSS OF GENEVA 67

VI. THE WONDER-BALL'S BEST GIFT 79

VII. IN TOURS 102

VIII. WITH BETTY AND EUGENIA 121

IX. AT THE GATE OF THE GIANT SCISSORS 136

X. ON THE WING 147

XI. HOMEWARD BOUND 161

XII. HOME AGAIN 179

XIII. "THE RESCUE OF THE PRINCESS WINSOME" 197

XIV. IN CAMP 234

XV. THE SENTRY'S MISTAKE 249

XVI. "TAPS" 262

THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HERO

(Trade Mark)

CHAPTER I.

HER TWELFTH BIRTHDAY

"Oh, Tarbaby! _Everybody_ has forgotten that it is my birthday! Even Papa
Jack has gone off to town without saying a word about it, and he nevah did
such a thing befo' in all his life!"

As she spoke, the Little Colonel put her arm around her pony's neck, and
for a moment her fair little head was pressed disconsolately against its
velvety black mane.

"It isn't the presents I care about," she whispered, choking back a
heart-broken sob; "but oh, Tarbaby, it's the bein' forgotten! Of co'se
mothah couldn't be expected to remembah, she's been so il