urn Kingdom a little farther.
These two self-reliant boys are living peaceably in their cabin
on the Cuyahoga when an Indian warrior is found dead in the
woods nearby. The Seneca accuses John of witchcraft. This means
death at the stake if he is captured. They decide that the
Seneca's charge is made to shield himself, and set out to prove
it. Mad Anthony, then on the Ohio, comes to their aid, but all
their efforts prove futile and the lone cabin is found in ashes
on their return.
CAPTIVES THREE
_By_ JAMES A. BRADEN
A tale of frontier life, and how three children--two boys and a
girl--attempt to reach the settlements in a canoe, but are
captured by the Indians. A common enough occurrence in the days
of our great-grandfathers has been woven into a thrilling
story.
FICTION FOR GIRLS
BETTY, The SCRIBE
_By_ LILIAN TURNER
_Drawings by_ KATHARINE HAYWARD GREENLAND
Betty is a brilliant, talented, impulsive seventeen-year-old
girl, who is suddenly required to fill her mother's place at
the head of a household, with a literary, impractical father to
manage.
Betty writes, too, and every time she mounts her Pegasus
disaster follows for home duties are neglected. Learning of one
of these lapses, her elder sister comes home. Betty storms and
refuses to share the honors until she remembers that this means
long hours free to devote to her beloved pen. She finally moves
to the city to begin her career in earnest, and then--well,
then comes the story.
"Miss Turner is Miss Alcott's true successor. The same healthy,
spirited tone is visible which boys and girls recognized in
LITTLE MEN and LITTLE WOMEN."--_The Bookman_
Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall
_By_ JEAN K. BAIRD
_Illustrated by_ R. G. VOSBURGH
A spirited Story of every-day boarding-school life that girls
like to read. Full of good times and girlish fun.
Elizabeth enters the school and loses no time in becoming one
of the leading spirits. She entertains at a midnight spread,
which is recklessly conducted under the very nose of the
preceptress, who is "scalped" in order to be harmless, for
every one knows she would never venture out minus her front
hair; she champions an ostracized student; and leads in a
daring plan to put to rout the Seniors' program for
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