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RED CAPS AND LILIES
BY KATHARINE ADAMS
MEHITABLE: The story of a school in Paris THE SILVER TARN: Mehitable in school in England TOTO AND THE GIFT: A French girl comes to New York MIDSUMMER: American young people in Sweden MIDWINTER: Another mystery story of Sweden today WISP: A girl of Dublin RED CAPS AND LILIES: Boys and girls during the French Revolution THISTLE INN: How two girls helped Bonnie Prince Charlie BLACKTHORN: A romance of Elizabethan England and Ireland
At The Old Green Mill-Inn]
Red Caps and Lilies
BY KATHARINE ADAMS
_Illustrated by_ JAY VAN EVEREN
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1943
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
All rights reserved--no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper.
Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1924. Reprinted January, 1925; April, 1926; June, 1927; May, 1928.
_Printed in the United States of America by_ THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK
_FOR ROSE FILLMORE_
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. IN THE SCHOOLROOM 1 II. MARIE JOSEPHINE'S SECRET 11 III. THE BAL MASQUE 22 IV. JEAN 39 V. INSIDE THE COACH 52 VI. AUGUST TENTH, 1792 64 VII. AT LES VIGNES 79 VIII. HUMPHREY TRAIL 101 IX. DIAN 113 X. IN THE SNOWSTORM 124 XI. "THA MUST NOT CRY OUT, LASS" 137 XII. DIAN MAKES A FRIEND 148 XIII. PIGEON VALLEY AGAIN 159 XIV. WHAT LISLE PUT IN THE CAKE 173 XV. "SHE IS LIKE OUR LITTLE MADEMOISELLE" 193 XVI. MARIE JOSEPHINE IS READY 201 XVII. AT THE OLD GREEN MILL-INN 217 XVIII. VIVI SEES THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATES 232 XIX. IN THE BAKERY SHOP AND OUT OF IT 245 XX. LISLE SEEKS ADVENTURE 256 XXI. IN THE HIDDEN CELLAR 268 XXII. CHAMPAR TO THE RESCUE 288 XXIII. IN GREAT-AUNT HORTENSE'S HOUSE 302 XXIV. THROUGH THE GATES 318 XXV. OUT OF THE MIST 339