Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories

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Johnston Annie Fellows. Aunt 'Liza's Hero, and Other Stories

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AUNT 'LIZA'S HERO

THE CAPTAIN'S CELEBRATION

JODE'S CIRCUS MONEY

JIMMY'S ERRAND

WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AT HARDYVILLE

AN OLD DAGUERREOTYPE

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Aunt 'Liza Barnes leaned over the front gate at the end of the garden path, and pulled her black sunbonnet farther over her wrinkled face to shade her dim eyes from the glare of the morning sun. Something unusual was happening down the street, judging from the rapidly approaching noise and dust.

Aunt 'Liza had been weeding her little vegetable garden at the back of the house when she first heard the confused shouting of many voices. She thought it was a runaway, and hurried to the gate as fast as her rheumatic joints would allow.

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"Yes, Aunt 'Liza."

"If I cut down all my roses, won't you boys take 'em out to the graveyard for me? I'm afraid nobody'll remember my poor Mac."

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