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Annie Johnston

Georgina's Service StarsJohnston Annie F. Annie Fellows Georgina's Service Stars PART I "My salad days, when I was green in judgment."CHAPTER I GEORGINA BEGINS HER MEMOIRS Up the crooked street which curves for three miles around the harbor comes the sound of the Towncrier's bell. It seems strang...

The Jester's SwordAnnie Fellows Johnston The Jester's Sword How Aldebaran, the King's Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest "To renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered." R. L. Stevenson.The Jester's Sword BECAUSE he was born in Mars' month, which is ruled by that red war-god...

Miss Santa Claus of the PullmanAnnie Fellows Johnston Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman CHAPTER I THE last half hour had seemed endless to Will'm, almost as long as the whole four years of his life. With his stubby little shoes drawn up under him, and his soft bobbed hair flapping over his ears eve...

It Was the Road to JerichoJohnston Annie F. Annie Fellows It Was the Road to Jericho It Was the Road to Jericho It was the road to Jericho,And brave indeed the manWho went alone and waited notTo join the caravan. For robber hoards swooped down the cliffsLike eagles on their prey,And mercy was not...

Joel: A Boy of GalileeAnnie Fellows Johnston Joel: A Boy of Galilee PUBLISHER'S PREFACE In this volume, it has been the purpose of the author to present to children, through "Joel," as accurate a picture of the times of the Christ as has been given to older readers through "Ben Hur." With this in...

The Little Colonel in ArizonaJohnston Annie F. Annie Fellows The Little Colonel in Arizona CHAPTER I. MARY TELLS ALL SHE KNOWS "Joyce," said Jack Ware, stopping beside his sister's seat in the long, Western-bound train, "I wish you'd go back into the observation-car, and make Mary stop talking. S...

Keeping Tryst: A Tale of King Arthur's TimeJohnston Annie F. Annie Fellows Keeping Tryst: A Tale of King Arthur's Time Keeping Tryst NOW there was a troubadour in the kingdom of Arthur, who, strolling through the land with only his minstrelsy to win him a way, found in every baron's hall and cott...

Travelers Five Along Life's HighwayAnnie Fellows Johnston Travelers Five Along Life's Highway Foreword Of all the elements that go to make up a good story, – plot, verisimilitude, happy incident, local colour, excellent style, – none perhaps is more important than the touch of understanding sympa...

The Little Colonel's Christmas VacationJohnston Annie F. Annie Fellows The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation CHAPTER I WARWICK HALL Warwick Hall looked more like an old English castle than a modern boarding-school for girls. Gazing at its high towers and massive portal, one almost expected to s...

Georgina of the RainbowsAnnie Fellows Johnston Georgina of the Rainbows CHAPTER I HER EARLIER MEMORIES IF old Jeremy Clapp had not sneezed his teeth into the fire that winter day this story might have had a more seemly beginning; but, being a true record, it must start with that sneeze, because i...