ttle Maid of
Province Town," "A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony." "A Little Maid
of Bunker Hill," "A Little Maid of Narragansett Bay," "A Little Maid of
Ticonderoga," "A Little Maid of Old Connecticut."

Contents

I. HERO IS LOST 9

II. GILBERT AND LAFAYETTE 19

III. RUTH VISITS GENERAL HOWE 28

IV. AUNT DEBORAH IS SURPRISED 37

V. RUTH DECIDES 43

VI. A DIFFICULT DAY 53

VII. GILBERT'S PLAY 62

VIII. BETTY RUNS AWAY 72

IX. BETTY'S ADVENTURE 84

X. THE LOST PROGRAMME 92

XI. A LONG ROAD 102

XII. A LONG RIDE 113

XIII. HOME AGAIN 123

XIV. THE CANDY DISAPPEARS 133

XV. A FAIRY STORY 142

XVI. BETTY AND ANNETTE 151

XVII. QUEEN BETTY 161

XVIII. A GREAT RESOLVE 171

XIX. THE VISIT 182

XX. LAFAYETTE'S VISIT 193

XXI. AT HOME 205

Illustrations
PAGE

SHE LOOKED UP TO FIND LAFAYETTE SMILING
AT HER _FRONTISPIECE_

"'TIS A LADY COMING TO CALL" 33

IT WAS A FAVORITE PLAY-HOUSE 95

"THE FIRST OF MAY IS GARLAND DAY" 162

THE BIG HORSE TROTTED DOWN THE STREET 190

A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia

CHAPTER I

HERO IS LOST

"Where do you suppose Hero can be, Aunt Deborah? He isn't anywhere about
the house, or in the shed or the garden," and Ruth Pernell's voice
sounded as if she could hardly keep back the tears as she stood in the
doorway of the pleasant kitchen where Aunt Deborah was at work.

"Do you suppose the British have taken him?" she asked a little
fearfully; for it was the spring of 1778, when the British troops were
in Philadelphia, and Ruth was quite sure that every English soldi