{"product_id":"2940012769336","title":"Peggy Owen Patriot","description":"CHAPTER                                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e                I. On the Road to Philadelphia                11\u003cbr\u003e               II. The Home-Coming                            24\u003cbr\u003e              III. An Old Time Advertisement                  37\u003cbr\u003e               IV. A Girl’s Sacrifice                         48\u003cbr\u003e                V. Up in the Attic                            61\u003cbr\u003e               VI. Tea at Headquarters                        69\u003cbr\u003e              VII. A Summer Soldier                           87\u003cbr\u003e             VIII. Peggy’s Resolve                            98\u003cbr\u003e               IX. The Tale of a Hero                        107\u003cbr\u003e                X. Peggy Teaches a Lesson                    119\u003cbr\u003e               XI. Peggy Pleads for Drayton                  129\u003cbr\u003e              XII. Another Chance                            141\u003cbr\u003e             XIII. Good News                                 151\u003cbr\u003e              XIV. The Camp at Middlebrook                   159\u003cbr\u003e               XV. Harriet                                   176\u003cbr\u003e              XVI. The Two Warnings                          188\u003cbr\u003e             XVII. A Letter and a Surprise                   205\u003cbr\u003e            XVIII. Stolen Thunder                            222\u003cbr\u003e              XIX. A Promise and an Accusation               232\u003cbr\u003e               XX. A Regretted Promise                       247\u003cbr\u003e              XXI. The Reckoning                             258\u003cbr\u003e             XXII. A High-Handed Proceeding                  269\u003cbr\u003e            XXIII. In the Lines of the Enemy                 281\u003cbr\u003e             XXIV. The Reason Why                            291\u003cbr\u003e              XXV. The Alert That Failed                     303\u003cbr\u003e             XXVI. The Battle With the Elements              319\u003cbr\u003e            XXVII. A Haven After the Storm                   335\u003cbr\u003e           XXVIII. A Taste of Partisan Warfare               346\u003cbr\u003e             XXIX. Peggy Finds an Old Friend                 361\u003cbr\u003e              XXX. An Interrupted Journey                    376\u003cbr\u003e             XXXI. How the News was Received at Camp         387\u003cbr\u003e            XXXII. On the Altar of His Country               401\u003cbr\u003e           XXXIII. A Great Surprise                          419\u003cbr\u003e            XXXIV. Home                                      429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     “Can I be of Any Assistance?”                     Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e     “Friend—I Should Say—General Arnold”                        80\u003cbr\u003e     Slowly He Turned Toward the Reader                         124\u003cbr\u003e     “My Wife and Daughter, Your Excellency”                    169\u003cbr\u003e     “Why Should Thee Play the Spy?”                            261\u003cbr\u003e     The Dingey was Caught by a Current                         334\u003cbr\u003e     “You Are Welcome,” said General Gates                      396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePEGGY OWEN, PATRIOT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I—ON THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e              “And rising Chestnut Hill around surveyed\u003cbr\u003e              Wide woods below in vast extent displayed.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                       —“The Forester,” Alexander Wilson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oh, gracious!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exclamation burst from the lips of a slender girl mounted upon a\u003cbr\u003esmall black mare, and she drew rein abruptly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What is it, Peggy?” asked a sweet-faced matron, leaning from the side\u003cbr\u003eof a “one horse chair” drawn up under the shade of a tree by the\u003cbr\u003eroadside. “What hath happened? Thee seems dismayed.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I am, mother,” answered the girl, springing lightly from the back of\u003cbr\u003ethe horse. “My saddle girth hath broken, and both Robert and Tom are\u003cbr\u003eback with the wagons. There is a breakdown. What shall I do? This will\u003cbr\u003ecause another delay, I fear.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thee can do nothing, Peggy, until Robert returns. Try to content\u003cbr\u003ethyself until then.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I could repair it myself, I believe, if I only had a string,” said the\u003cbr\u003emaiden. “I wonder if there isn’t one in the chaise. Let’s look, mother.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrowing the bridle over her arm the girl joined her mother, and the two\u003cbr\u003ebegan a hasty search of the vehicle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a golden day in September, 1778, and the afternoon sun was\u003cbr\u003eflooding with light the calm and radiant landscape afforded by the\u003cbr\u003ewooded slopes of Chestnut Hill, penetrating even the dense branches that\u003cbr\u003eoverarched the highroad leading to Germantown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was one of those soft, balmy days when the fathomless daylight seemed\u003cbr\u003eto stand and dream. 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