Stuyvesant: A Franconia Story

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Abbott Jacob. Stuyvesant: A Franconia Story

Chapter I. The Cavern

Chapter II. Boyishness

Chapter III. The Plowing

Chapter IV. Negotiations

Chapter V. Plans for the Squirrel

Chapter VI. Difficulty

Chapter VII. The Work Shop

Chapter VIII. A Discovery

Chapter IX. The Accident

Chapter X. Good Advice

Chapter XI. The Journey

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One pleasant summer morning Alphonzo was amusing himself by swinging on a gate in front of his mother’s house. His cousin Malleville, who was then about eight years old, was sitting upon a stone outside of the gate, by the roadside, in a sort of corner that was formed between the wall and a great tree which was growing there. Malleville was employed in telling her kitten a story.

The kitten was sitting near Malleville, upon a higher stone. Malleville was leaning upon this stone, looking the kitten in the face. The kitten was looking down, but she seemed to be listening very attentively.

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“And my cousin Stuyvesant is coming too,” said Phonny.

“Stuyvesant is my brother,” said Malleville.

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