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Title: Peggy in Her Blue Frock

Author: Eliza Orne White

Illustrator: Alice B. Preston

Release Date: March 16, 2007 [EBook #20837]

Language: English

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[Illustration: They took their snow-shovels and tried to make a path to
the hen-house (page 136)]

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PEGGY IN HER BLUE FROCK

BY ELIZA ORNE WHITE

ILLUSTRATED BY ALICE B PRESTON

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.

BOSTON & NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ELIZA ORNE WHITE

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE
THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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TO MY YOUNG COUSINS

CORNELIA AND CAROL

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CONTENTS

I. THE MOVING 1
II. A CAT IN A STRANGE GARRET 7
III. WHY PEGGY WORE BLUE FROCKS 15
IV. PEGGY GOES FOR A YEAST-CAKE 25
V. AT CLARA'S HOUSE 38
VI. DIANA 46
VII. THE CANARY-BIRD 53
VIII. THE REWARD 62
IX. CHOOSING A KITTEN 67
X. THE WILD GARDEN 76
XI. THE GEOGRAPHY GAME 85
XII. HOW PEGGY SPENT HER MONEY 95
XIII. MRS. OWEN'S SURPRISE PARTY 104
XIV. A CHRISTMAS EGG 118
XV. THE GREAT STORM 126
XVI. GRANDMOTHER OWEN'S VISIT 141

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PEGGY IN HER BLUE FROCK

CHAPTER I

THE MOVING

Peggy, with flying yellow hair, was climbing th