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LITTLE MITCHELL

THE STORY OF A MOUNTAIN SQUIRREL

LITTLE MITCHELL

THE STORY OF A MOUNTAIN SQUIRREL

BY MARGARET W. MORLEY

AUTHOR OF “A SONG OF LIFE,” “THE BEE PEOPLE,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRUCE HORSFALL

CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1904

COPYRIGHT A. C. MCCLURG & CO. 1904

Published April 2, 1904

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

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I LITTLE MITCHELL’S LADY COMES 13

II LITTLE MITCHELL IS FOUND, AND TAKES A STRANGE JOURNEY 32

III LITTLE MITCHELL’S FIRST RIDE, AND HOW HE AND HIS LADY GET HOME 54

IV LITTLE MITCHELL’S CAT NEIGHBORS 78

V LITTLE MITCHELL STARTS OUT TO SEE THE WORLD 97

VI LITTLE MITCHELL REFUSES TO LEAVE HIS LADY 115

VII LITTLE MITCHELL’S FIRST CAR-RIDE 139

VIII LITTLE MITCHELL GOES TO BOSTON 152

IX LITTLE MITCHELL’S HAPPY DAYS 172

X LITTLE MITCHELL MAKES A MISTAKE 194

XI LITTLE MITCHELL GOES TO SLEEP 215

ILLUSTRATIONS

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LITTLE MITCHELL HAS HIS PICTURE TAKEN Frontispiece

LITTLE MITCHELL’S FIRST HOME 15 “A squirrel’s nest, in a nice hole, high up in the crotch of a tall chestnut tree.”