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Peggy Owen Patriot
Peggy Owen Patriot
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CHAPTER PAGE
I. On the Road to Philadelphia 11
II. The Home-Coming 24
III. An Old Time Advertisement 37
IV. A Girl’s Sacrifice 48
V. Up in the Attic 61
VI. Tea at Headquarters 69
VII. A Summer Soldier 87
VIII. Peggy’s Resolve 98
IX. The Tale of a Hero 107
X. Peggy Teaches a Lesson 119
XI. Peggy Pleads for Drayton 129
XII. Another Chance 141
XIII. Good News 151
XIV. The Camp at Middlebrook 159
XV. Harriet 176
XVI. The Two Warnings 188
XVII. A Letter and a Surprise 205
XVIII. Stolen Thunder 222
XIX. A Promise and an Accusation 232
XX. A Regretted Promise 247
XXI. The Reckoning 258
XXII. A High-Handed Proceeding 269
XXIII. In the Lines of the Enemy 281
XXIV. The Reason Why 291
XXV. The Alert That Failed 303
XXVI. The Battle With the Elements 319
XXVII. A Haven After the Storm 335
XXVIII. A Taste of Partisan Warfare 346
XXIX. Peggy Finds an Old Friend 361
XXX. An Interrupted Journey 376
XXXI. How the News was Received at Camp 387
XXXII. On the Altar of His Country 401
XXXIII. A Great Surprise 419
XXXIV. Home 429
ILLUSTRATIONS
“Can I be of Any Assistance?” Frontispiece
“Friend—I Should Say—General Arnold” 80
Slowly He Turned Toward the Reader 124
“My Wife and Daughter, Your Excellency” 169
“Why Should Thee Play the Spy?” 261
The Dingey was Caught by a Current 334
“You Are Welcome,” said General Gates 396
PEGGY OWEN, PATRIOT
CHAPTER I—ON THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA
“And rising Chestnut Hill around surveyed
Wide woods below in vast extent displayed.”
—“The Forester,” Alexander Wilson.
“Oh, gracious!”
The exclamation burst from the lips of a slender girl mounted upon a
small black mare, and she drew rein abruptly.
“What is it, Peggy?” asked a sweet-faced matron, leaning from the side
of a “one horse chair” drawn up under the shade of a tree by the
roadside. “What hath happened? Thee seems dismayed.”
“I am, mother,” answered the girl, springing lightly from the back of
the horse. “My saddle girth hath broken, and both Robert and Tom are
back with the wagons. There is a breakdown. What shall I do? This will
cause another delay, I fear.”
“Thee can do nothing, Peggy, until Robert returns. Try to content
thyself until then.”
“I could repair it myself, I believe, if I only had a string,” said the
maiden. “I wonder if there isn’t one in the chaise. Let’s look, mother.”
Throwing the bridle over her arm the girl joined her mother, and the two
began a hasty search of the vehicle.
It was a golden day in September, 1778, and the afternoon sun was
flooding with light the calm and radiant landscape afforded by the
wooded slopes of Chestnut Hill, penetrating even the dense branches that
overarched the highroad leading to Germantown.
It was one of those soft, balmy days when the fathomless daylight seemed
to stand and dream. A cool elixir was in the air.
I. On the Road to Philadelphia 11
II. The Home-Coming 24
III. An Old Time Advertisement 37
IV. A Girl’s Sacrifice 48
V. Up in the Attic 61
VI. Tea at Headquarters 69
VII. A Summer Soldier 87
VIII. Peggy’s Resolve 98
IX. The Tale of a Hero 107
X. Peggy Teaches a Lesson 119
XI. Peggy Pleads for Drayton 129
XII. Another Chance 141
XIII. Good News 151
XIV. The Camp at Middlebrook 159
XV. Harriet 176
XVI. The Two Warnings 188
XVII. A Letter and a Surprise 205
XVIII. Stolen Thunder 222
XIX. A Promise and an Accusation 232
XX. A Regretted Promise 247
XXI. The Reckoning 258
XXII. A High-Handed Proceeding 269
XXIII. In the Lines of the Enemy 281
XXIV. The Reason Why 291
XXV. The Alert That Failed 303
XXVI. The Battle With the Elements 319
XXVII. A Haven After the Storm 335
XXVIII. A Taste of Partisan Warfare 346
XXIX. Peggy Finds an Old Friend 361
XXX. An Interrupted Journey 376
XXXI. How the News was Received at Camp 387
XXXII. On the Altar of His Country 401
XXXIII. A Great Surprise 419
XXXIV. Home 429
ILLUSTRATIONS
“Can I be of Any Assistance?” Frontispiece
“Friend—I Should Say—General Arnold” 80
Slowly He Turned Toward the Reader 124
“My Wife and Daughter, Your Excellency” 169
“Why Should Thee Play the Spy?” 261
The Dingey was Caught by a Current 334
“You Are Welcome,” said General Gates 396
PEGGY OWEN, PATRIOT
CHAPTER I—ON THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA
“And rising Chestnut Hill around surveyed
Wide woods below in vast extent displayed.”
—“The Forester,” Alexander Wilson.
“Oh, gracious!”
The exclamation burst from the lips of a slender girl mounted upon a
small black mare, and she drew rein abruptly.
“What is it, Peggy?” asked a sweet-faced matron, leaning from the side
of a “one horse chair” drawn up under the shade of a tree by the
roadside. “What hath happened? Thee seems dismayed.”
“I am, mother,” answered the girl, springing lightly from the back of
the horse. “My saddle girth hath broken, and both Robert and Tom are
back with the wagons. There is a breakdown. What shall I do? This will
cause another delay, I fear.”
“Thee can do nothing, Peggy, until Robert returns. Try to content
thyself until then.”
“I could repair it myself, I believe, if I only had a string,” said the
maiden. “I wonder if there isn’t one in the chaise. Let’s look, mother.”
Throwing the bridle over her arm the girl joined her mother, and the two
began a hasty search of the vehicle.
It was a golden day in September, 1778, and the afternoon sun was
flooding with light the calm and radiant landscape afforded by the
wooded slopes of Chestnut Hill, penetrating even the dense branches that
overarched the highroad leading to Germantown.
It was one of those soft, balmy days when the fathomless daylight seemed
to stand and dream. A cool elixir was in the air.
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