THE LITTLE WASHINGTONS' TRAVELS
BY LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY
AUTHOR OF THE POLLY BREWSTER BOOKS, THE GIRL SCOUTS BOOKS, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1918, by
THE PLATT & NOURSE COMPANY
THEY WERE SEATED ON THE FLOOR READING.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | New York the Great Mecca | 7 |
| II. | The Joys of New York Life | 26 |
| III. | Sight-Seeing in New York | 41 |
| IV. | The Battle of New York | 57 |
| V. | Some of Washington's Headquarters | 79 |
| VI. | George's Strange Battle | 92 |
| VII. | Battle-Grounds Around Philadelphia | 108 |
| VIII. | A Fight with the Hessians | 121 |
| IX. | Farewells to Washington | 137 |
THE LITTLE WASHINGTONS' TRAVELS
CHAPTER I
NEW YORK THE GREAT MECCA
"My parlor chair swings around every way!" exclaimed Martha Parke,thoroughly enjoying the novelty of whirling on a Pullman parlor chair.
"They all do, but folks are supposed to sit quiet and only swing whenthey want to see who's sitting on the other side of the car, or perhapsif a friend sits next to them and talks—then you have to turn andanswer, of course," explained George Parke.
Jack Davis, the Philadelphia cousin of the two Parke children, had thevast experience of travelling from his native city to the country homeof the Parkes just outside of Washington, D. C., a few weeks prior tothe opening of this story. So, of course, he knew all about the Pullmanparlor chairs.
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