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Transcribed for Project Gutenberg by Susan L. Farley. Project Gutenberg/Make A Difference Day Project 1999.

Transcriber's Comments: This one is a strange one for proofing!! Be aware that the beginning section is spoken in broken dialect and that some of the notes written from home are by a child, so some of the "mistakes" are deliberate. The book itself had strange things--such as a space between " ' " words (like should 'nt) in every case.
This is suppose to be a children's book. If read outloud it is probably fine, but I think it would be difficult for a child to read on their own!!

THE FLAG-RAISING by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

CONTENTS
I. A DIFFERENCE IN HEARTS II. REBECCA'S POINT OF VIEW III. WISDOM'S WAYS IV. THE SAVING OF THE COLORS V. THE STATE O' MAINE

I
A DIFFERENCE IN HEARTS
"I DON'know as I cal'lated to be the makin' of any child," Miranda had said as she folded Aurelia's letter and laid it in the light- stand drawer. "I s'posed of course Aurelia would send us the one we asked for, but it's just like her to palm off that wild young one on somebody else." "You remember we said that Rebecca, or even Jenny might come, in case Hannah could n't," interposed Jane.
"I know we did, but we hadn't any notion it would turn out that way," grumbled Miranda. "She was a mite of a thing when we saw her three years ago," ventured Jane; "she's had time to improve." "And time to grow worse!" "Won't it be kind of a privilege to put her on the right track?" asked Jane timidly. "I don' know about the privilege part; it'll be considerable work, I guess. If her mother hasn't got her on the right track by now, she won't take to it herself all of a sudden." This depressed and depressing frame of mind had lasted until th
eventful day dawned on which Rebecca was to arrive.
"If she makes as much work after she comes as she has before, we might as well give up hope of ever gettin' any rest," sighed Miranda as she hung the dish towels on the barberry bushes at the side door. "But we should have had to clean house, Rebecca or no Rebecca," urged Jane; "and I can't see why you've scrubbed and washed and baked as you have for that one child, nor why you've about bought out Watson's stock of dry goods." "I know Aurelia if you don't," responded Miranda. "I've seen her house, and I've seen that batch o' children, wearin' one another's clothes and never carin' whether they had 'em on right side out or not; I know what they've had to live and dress on, and so do you. That child will like as not come here with a bundle o' things borrowed from the rest o' the family. She'll have Hannah's shoes and John's undershirts and Mark's socks most likely. I suppose she never had a thimble on her finger in her life, but she'll know the feelin' o' one before she's been here many days. I've bought a piece of unbleached muslin and a piece o' brown gingham for her to make up; that'll keep her busy. Of course she won't pick up anything after herself; she