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  KATHIE'S SOLDIERS

  by

  AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

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  BOOKS BY AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

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  THE HELEN GRANT BOOKS

  New Popular Edition. Nine volumes. ILLUSTRATED Price per volume, $.60

  HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOL-DAYS HELEN GRANT'S FRIENDS HELEN GRANT AT ALDRED HOUSE HELEN GRANT IN COLLEGE HELEN GRANT, SENIOR HELEN GRANT, GRADUATE HELEN GRANT, TEACHER HELEN GRANT'S DECISION HELEN GRANT'S HARVEST YEAR

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  LITTLE RED HOUSE SERIES

  ILLUSTRATED. Price per volume, Net $1.00; Postpaid $1.10

  THE CHILDREN IN THE LITTLE OLD RED HOUSE THE RED HOUSE CHILDREN AT GRAFTON THE RED HOUSE CHILDREN'S VACATION THE RED HOUSE CHILDREN'S YEAR THE RED HOUSE CHILDREN GROWING UP

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  ALMOST AS GOOD AS A BOY. Illustrated _Net_ $1.25 HEROES OF THE CRUSADES. Fifty full-page Illustrations from GUSTAVE DORE _Net_ 1.35 LARRY (THE $2000 PRIZE STORY) _Net_ 1.00 THE KATHIE STORIES. Six Volumes. Illustrated. Per volume .50 THE DOUGLAS NOVELS. Twenty-four Volumes. Per volume .60

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  "I WISH YOU AND I COULD GO OUT WITH THE GIFTS."--_Page99._]

  KATHIE'S SOLDIERS

  by

  AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

  Author of "Helen Grant Books," "Little RedHouse Series," etc.

  Frontispiece by C. Howard

  BostonLothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,by Lee and Shepard,In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

  Copyright, 1899, by Amanda M. Douglas.

  All Rights Reserved.

  KATHIE'S SOLDIERS.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER I. PAGE ENLISTING IN THE GRAND ARMY 9

  CHAPTER II. DRAFTED 27

  CHAPTER III. TRUE TO ONE'S COLORS 42

  CHAPTER IV. LITTLE STEPS BY THE WAY 60

  CHAPTER V. ONE OF THE SMALL DEEDS 80

  CHAPTER VI. GIVING AND RECEIVING 98

  CHAPTER VII. A VISIT 116

  CHAPTER VIII. COMFORT IN NEED 135

  CHAPTER IX. THORNS IN THE PATH 151

  CHAPTER X. UNDER FIRE 172

  CHAPTER XI. IN ANOTHER'S STEAD 192

  CHAPTER XII. HOME AGAIN 208

  CHAPTER XIII. GOOD NEWS 223

  CHAPTER XIV. PUT TO THE TEST 241