Chapter I: Front Matter

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Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
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On page 50, "race ruffles" should possibly be "lace ruffles".

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD NEW YORK.
HANNAH ANN: A SEQUEL.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD BOSTON.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD PHILADELPHIA.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD WASHINGTON.

_SHERBURNE STORIES._

SHERBURNE HOUSE.
LYNDELL SHERBURNE.
SHERBURNE COUSINS.
A SHERBURNE ROMANCE.
THE MISTRESS OF SHERBURNE.
THE CHILDREN AT SHERBURNE HOUSE.
SHERBURNE GIRLS.
THE HEIR OF SHERBURNE.

A LITTLE GIRL IN
OLD WASHINGTON

BY
AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

AUTHOR OF "A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD NEW YORK,"
"SHERBURNE STORIES," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1900

COPYRIGHT, 1900,
BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

JAQUELINE BAKER BEALL:

To you, whose ancestors made worthy efforts in the earlier history of the South, and lived romances, this little story is affectionately inscribed.

AMANDA M. DOUGLAS.
NEWARK, N. J.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A New Home, 1
II. The Pineries, 15
III. Apples of Discord, 28
IV. A New President, 42
V. Roger Carrington, 56
VI. A Touch of Nature, 70
VII. The Beginning of a Love Story, 86
VIII. An Angry Father, 99
IX. The Weaker Vessel, 116
X. A Christmas Augury, 130
XI. The Thorns that Beset Love, 148
XII. A Talk of Weddings, 161
XIII. Lovers and Lovers, 175
XIV. Jaqueline, 191
XV. A Small Hero, 207
XVI. In Old Washington, 219
XVII. The Flag of Victory, 240
XVIII. Of Many Things, 253
XIX. In the Midst of War, 265
XX. The Old Story Ever New, 283
XXI. Annis, 298

A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD WASHINGTON.