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The Children of the Valley

The Children of the Valley

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THE CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY


bear carrying baby bear
PINCHER DECLARED “. . . SHE WAS ON HER HIND LEGS CARRYING HER BABY IN HER ARMS LIKE ANYBODY.” Page 25.

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THE CHILDREN OF
THE VALLEY

BY
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
Author of the “Hester Stanley” Books,
“A Lost Jewel,” etc.




FIFTH THOUSAND



NEW YORK:
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
PUBLISHERS



CONTENTS.

I. PAGE
Ally and the Children of the Hill 5
 
II.
All the People 9
 
III.
What the Twins Found 15
 
IV.
Mother Bear’s Call 21
 
V.
Two Little Consciences 26
 
VI.
After Dark on the Ice 35
 
VII.
The Snow Hut 41
 
VIII.
A Wilful Boy 49
 
IX.
The Night-Storm in the Woods 57
 
X.
The Christmas Tree on the Cliff 63
 
XI.
Aunt Rose and the Children 68
 
XII.
The Flight on the Street Car 71
 
XIII.
Sally’s Voyage 75
 
XIV.
Sally’s Hill Journey 78
 
XV.
That Day When Ally was Lost 85
 
XVI.
Aunt Susan’s Baby 89

The Children of the Valley.


I.
ALLY AND THE CHILDREN OF THE HILL.

Ally was lost—the little blue-eyed dear! That is to say, she was nowhere to be found. And of course there was commotion in the Valley. Michael, the gardener, was going one way; and John, the house-man, another; and Pincher, one of the loggers, was making for the hills with Uncle Billy in one direction, and Old Uncle and Will and Charlie had gone up in another; and Aunt Rose and Aunt Susan were hunting through the house; and Janet and Essie were running this way and that—and it was noon, and still they hadn’t found her.

Will was sure Ally would be found in the strawberry-patch on the farther edge of the intervale across the river, and as the boat was on the other side he had offered to swim over and fetch it.

Charlie had been equally sure that she was looking for bear-cubs again in

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