II. FAITH MAKES A PROMISE 22
III. MORE MISCHIEF 33
IV. A NEW PLAN 42
V. KASHAQUA 51
VI. THE JOURNEY 59
VII. NEW FRIENDS 70
VIII. THE SHOEMAKER'S DAUGHTER 81
IX. LOUISE 90
X. THE MAJOR'S DAUGHTERS 100
XI. A DAY OF ADVENTURE 110
XII. SECRETS 119
XIII. LOUISE MAKES A PRESENT 129
XIV. A BIRTHDAY 140
XV. NEW ADVENTURES 150
XVI. LOUISE DISAPPEARS 161
XVII. FAITH AGAIN VISITS THE FORT 172
XVIII. HOME AGAIN 184
XIX. FAITH WRITES A LETTER 194
XX. THE CAPTURE OF THE FORT 208

A Little Maid of Ticonderoga

CHAPTER I

ESTHER AND BRUIN

Faith Carew was ten years old when Esther Eldridge came to visit her.
Faith lived in a big comfortable log cabin on one of the sloping
hillsides of the Green Mountains. Below the cabin was her father's
mill; and to Faith it always seemed as if the mill-stream had a gay
little song of its own. She always listened for it when she awoke each
morning.

"I wonder if Esther will hear what the brook sings?" thought Faith as
she drew on her moccasin slippers and dressed as quickly as she could,
for her mother had already called her twice, and Faith had just
reached the top of the stairs when the third call of, "Faith! Faith! I
shall not keep your porridge hot another instant," sounded from the
kitchen.

"I'm coming, mother dear," the little girl called back, and hurried
down the stairs, wondering to herself why grown people who could
always do exactly as they pleased should think it best to rise before
the sun was really up.

"Your father was off to the mill an hour ago," said Mrs. Carew,
setting a bowl of steaming porridge on the end of the table beside a
narrow window, "so you will have to eat your porridge alone."

Faith sat down at the table, looking out through the open window
toward