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CONTENTS

I. THE PEPPERELLS AND THE CAPTAIN 3

II. TWO DAYS 39

III. ON BOARD THE LUCY ANN 63

IV. A FOREST TRAIL 87

V. THE NEW HOME 113

VI. HARVEST HOME 157

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS 181

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I

THE PEPPERELLS AND THE CAPTAIN


One bright warm noonday in May of the year 1638, Goodwife Pepperell