CHAPTER XX

HER VALENTINE 318

Illustrations.

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“‘You’d do well to come out here, Aunt Martha’” _Frontispiece_ 1

“‘It is plain to see why you like to come to market’” 30

“‘Come on,’ she yelled” 123

“‘What yuh doin’ hyar dis time o’ night?’” 185

“‘How he has grown!’” 248

A HEROINE OF 1812.