75
VII. THE BLACK-BEARDED MAN 88
VIII. THROUGH THE WINDOW 104
IX. LADY DISAPPEARS 117
X. AUNT ANNE ROSE 131
XI. IN BOSTON 140
XII. A WONDERFUL DAY 149
XIII. ANNE'S BOOK 162
XIV. ANNE AND MILLICENT 173
XV. AMOS APPEARS 184
XVI. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR 192
XVII. THE STRANGE SCHOONER 204
XVIII. A GREAT ADVENTURE 213
XIX. "HOMEWARD BOUND" 221

Illustrations

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"A WONDERFUL THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN"
_Frontispiece_

"SIT THERE AND BE QUIET" 42

"YOU CAN GET ON HIS BACK" 132

HE HANDED HER A BALL 177

"YOU ARE THE BRAVEST GIRL IN THE COLONY" 220

A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony

CHAPTER I

AMANDA'S MISTAKE

"Do you think I might go, Aunt Martha?" There was a pleading note in the
little girl's voice as she stood close by Mrs. Stoddard's chair and
watched her folding the thin blue paper on which Rose Freeman's letter
was written.

"It is a pleasant invitation, surely," replied Mrs. Stoddard, "but the
Freemans have ever been good friends to us; and so Rose is to visit
their kin in Brewster and then journey back to Boston with her father in
his chaise, and she says there will be plenty of room for you. Well!
Well! 'Tis a wonderful journey."

Anne moved uneasily. "But, Aunt Martha, do you forget that she asks if
Uncle Enos cannot bring me to Brewster?"

"Yes, child, I have read the letter, and I doubt not Enos will set you
safe across to Brewster. And your father's vessel will be due in Boston
early in September, and he could bring you safely home to Province Town.
We'll see what Uncle Enos says about sailing across to Brewster," and
Mrs. Stoddard smiled affectionately at Anne's delighted exclamation. It
was two years before that Anne Nelson, whose father's boat had been
seized by an English ship, had come to live with the Stoddards. Her
father had escaped, and, after serving the colonies until after the
battle of Lexington, had returned to Province Town,