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  THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HERO

  By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

  AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE COLONEL," "TWO LITTLE KNIGHTS OF KENTUCKY," "BIGBROTHER," "ASA HOLMES," "THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOUSE PARTY," "THE LITTLECOLONEL'S HOLIDAYS," ETC.

  FRONTISPIECE BY ETHELDRED B. BARRY

  L.C. PAGE & COMPANY BOSTON PUBLISHERS

  _Copyright, 1902_

  BY THE PAGE COMPANY

  _All rights reserved_

  Made in U.S.A.

  Twenty-seventh Impression, June, 1925 Twenty-eighth Impression, February, 1926 Twenty-ninth Impression, January, 1928 Thirtieth Impression, June, 1929 Thirty-first Impression, October, 1930 Thirty-second Impression, March, 1932 Thirty-third Impression, February, 1934 Thirty-fourth Impression, August, 1935 Thirty-fifth Impression, July, 1937

  PRINTED BY THE COLONIAL PRESS INC.,

  CLINTON, MASS., U.S.A.

  TO

  ALL THE FRIENDS OF THE "LITTLE COLONEL"

  TO WHOSE LETTERS

  THE AUTHOR COULD NOT REPLY,

  THIS BOOK IS OFFERED IN ANSWER TO

  THEIR MANY QUESTIONS

  THE LITTLE COLONEL'S

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  HERO

  THE LITTLE COLONEL BOOKS

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  =Three Titles--=

  The Little Colonel's House Party $1.00 The Little Colonel's Holidays $1.00 The Little Colonel's Hero $1.00

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  The Little Colonel Stories $2.00

  (Containing the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.")

  The Little Colonel Stories--Second Series $2.00

  (Containing the three stories, "The Three Tremonts," "The Little Colonel in Switzerland," and "Ole Mammy's Torment.")

  The Little Colonel's House Party $2.00 The Little Colonel's Holidays 2.00 The Little Colonel's Hero 2.00 The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2.00 The Little Colonel in Arizona 2.00 The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 2.00 The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 2.00 The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 2.00 The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware 2.00 Mary Ware in Texas 2.00 Mary Ware's Promised Land 2.00 The above 13 vols., boxed, as a set 26.00

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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. HER TWELFTH BIRTHDAY 11

  II. THE WONDER-BALL BEGINS TO UNWIND 25

  III. LLOYD MEETS HERO 41

  IV. HERO'S STORY 55

  V. THE RED CROSS OF GENEVA 67

  VI. THE WONDER-BALL'S BEST GIFT 79

  VII. IN TOURS 102

  VIII. WITH BETTY AND EUGENIA 121

  IX. AT THE GATE OF THE GIANT SCISSORS 136

  X. ON THE WING 147

  XI. HOMEWARD BOUND 161

  XII. HOME AGAIN 179

  XIII. "THE RESCUE OF THE PRINCESS WINSOME" 197

  XIV. IN CAMP 234

  XV. THE SENTRY'S MISTAKE 249

  XVI. "TAPS" 262

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