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  AUNT 'LIZA'S HERO

  AND OTHER STORIES

  Works of

  Annie Fellows Johnston

  THE LITTLE COLONEL SERIES

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  The Little Colonel $.50 The Giant Scissors .50 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50 The Little Colonel Stories 1.50 (Containing in one volume the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.") The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50 The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50 The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50 The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50 (_In Preparation_) The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50

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  OTHER BOOKS

  Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 Big Brother .50 Ole Mammy's Torment .50 The Story of Dago .50 Cicely .50 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50 The Quilt That Jack Built .50 Asa Holmes 1.00 Flip's "Islands of Providence" 1.00 Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00

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  L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 200 Summer Street Boston, Mass.

  "AT FIRST HE ALWAYS BROUGHT SOME BOY WITH HIM"

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  Cosy Corner Series

  AUNT 'LIZA'S HERO

  AND OTHER STORIES

  By Annie Fellows Johnston

  Author of "The Little Colonel Series," "Big Brother," "The Story of Dago," "Ole Mammy's Torment," etc.

  _Illustrated by_ W. L. Taylor and others

  _Boston_ Decoration] _L. C. Page & Company_ Decoration] _1904._

  _Copyright 1889, 1890, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1899,_ BY PERRY MASON COMPANY

  _Copyright, 1903_ BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED)

  _All rights reserved_

  Published August, 1903

  Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  These stories first appeared in the _Youth's Companion_. The authorwishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her torepublish them in the present volume.

  Messrs. L. C. Page and Company wish also to acknowledge the courtesy ofthe editors in granting them permission to use the originalillustrations.

  CONTENTS

  PAGE AUNT 'LIZA'S HERO 13 THE CAPTAIN'S CELEBRATION 35 JODE'S CIRCUS MONEY 51 JIMMY'S ERRAND 71 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AT HARDYVILLE 89 AN OLD DAGUERREOTYPE 113