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[Frontispiece: They called to me as a boy.] THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEY

BY NELSON LLOYD

ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. FROST

TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

They called to me as a boy ……… Frontispiece "Welcome home—thrice welcome!" Tim and I had stopped our ploughs to draw lots and he had lost "Well, old chap!" Josiah Nummler He did not stop to hear my answer Swearing terrible oaths that he will never return No answer came from the floor above The tiger story He had a last look at Black Log "He pumped me dry" "Nanny is likely to get one of her religious spells and quit work" I was back in my prison "'At my sover-sover-yne's will'" Perry Thomas stands confronting the English warrior "You'll begin to think you ain't there at all" I saw a girl on the store porch Aaron Kallaberger Leander "Her name was Pinky Binn, a dotter of the house of Binn, the Binns of Turkey Walley" William had felt the hand of "Doogulus" "Aren't you coming?" young Colonel seemed to say Sat little Colonel, wailing The main thing was proper nursing Well, ain't he tasty "But there are no ghosts," I argued "Of course it hurts me a bit here" "An seein' a light in the room, I looked in" Tip Pulsifer leaned on my gate The horse went down "And I'm his widder" Then Tim came Old Captain When we three sit by the fire

THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEY

III

[Illustration: "Well, old chap!"]

[Illustration: Josia Nummler.] [Illustration: He did not stop to hear my answer.]

[Illustration: The tiger story.]

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XIII

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[Illustration: Well, ain't he tasty.] [Illustration: "But there are no ghosts," I argued.]

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[Illustration: Tip Pulsifer leaned on my gate.] [Illustration: The horse went down.]

XVIII

[Illustration: "And I'm his widder."]

XIX

[Illustration: Then Tim came.]

[Illustration: Old Captain.] [Illustration: When we three sit by the fire.]