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DOROTHY DALE A GIRL OF TO-DAY
BY MARGARET PENROSE AUTHOR OF "DOROTHY DALE AT GLENWOOD SCHOOL," ETC
ILLUSTRATED
THE DOROTHY DALE SERIES BY MARGARET PENROSE
DOROTHY DALE: A GIRL OF TO-DAY DOROTHY DALE AT GLENWOOD SCHOOL (Othervolumes in preparation)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. DOROTHY II. DOROTHY AT THE OFFICE III. A STRANGEADVENTURE IV. A CLEW V. MILES BURLOCK VI. AT THE SWING VII.WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ORCHARD VIII. SQUIRE SANDERS AT SCHOOL IX. THEAFTERMATH X. APPLE BLOSSOM MAGIC XI. A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER XII.AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK XIII. A QUEER PICNIC XIV. THE SECRET XV.DOROTHY IN POLITICS XVI. THE GIRLS HAVE IT XVII. A GIRL'S WEAPONXVIII. DOROTHY IN DANGER XIX. A SURPRISE TRIP XX. AN EVENTFULJOURNEY XXI. AT AUNT WINNIE'S XXII. THE PRICE OF TAVIA'S TRESSESXXIII. IN SOCIAL ELEMENTS XXIV. THE PAINTED FACE XXV. AN EMERGENCYCASE XXVI. DOROTHY'S COURAGE XXVII. THE LITTLE CAPTAIN—CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I
DOROTHY
The day of days had come at last: Dorothy would be the Daughter of the
Regiment.
"Lucky you don't have to curl your hair, Doro, for the fog is likerain, and that's the worst kind for made curls," said Tavia.
"Oh, I do hope it is not going to rain!"
"No, it surely won't. But come, don't let's be late."
"There's heaps of time, Tavia. Oh, just see Briggs' new flag! Isn't itglorious?" cried Dorothy Dale.
"Not half as glorious as your old Betsy Ross. I'd be too proud to marchif I had a real, truly Betsy. I think, anyway, it's prettier with thestar of stars than with the regular daisy field of them," and Taviatied her scarf just once more, that being the fourth time she hadsmoothed it out and knotted it over.
"I think red, white and blue look lovely over a white dress," commented
Dorothy. "Your scarf is perfect."
"But you are like a live Columbia," insisted Tavia. "No one could lookas pretty as you," and her companion fairly beamed with admiration.
"Come now, gather up the stuffs. Button your cloak all the way down,for we don't want folks to see how we're dressed," and Dorothy madesure that her own water-proof covered her skirts to the very edge.
It was Decoration Day, and the girls were to take part in the Veterans'procession.
Dorothy was the only daughter of Major Frank Dale, one of the prominentveterans of Dalton, a small town in New York state. Dorothy was in herfourteenth year, but since her mother was dead, and she was the eldestof the small family (the other members being Joe, age ten, and Rogerjust seven), she seemed older, and was really very sensible for heryears.
The major always called her his Little Captain, and she showed such apractical interest in his business, that of running the only newspaperin Dalton, The Bugle, that few, if any boys could have made betterpartners in the work.
At housekeeping Dorothy was relieved of the real drudgery by Mrs.Martin, who had been with the major's children since the day when babyRoger was taken from his mother's side; and while the housekeeper wasthe soul of love for the motherless ones, it was Dorothy who feltresponsible for the real management of the home, for Aunt Libby, as t