Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: Cover] AUNT 'LIZA'S HERO AND OTHER STORIES Works of Annie Fellows Johnston THE LITTLE COLONEL SERIES [Illustration: Decoration] 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 [Illustration: Decoration] 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 [Illustration: Decoration] L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 200 Summer Street Boston, Mass. [Illustration: "AT FIRST HE ALWAYS BROUGHT SOME BOY WITH HIM" (_See page 43_)] 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 [Illustration] _Boston_ [Illustration: Decoration] _L. C. Page & Company_ [Illustration: 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 author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her to republish them in the present volume. Messrs. L. C. Page and Company wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in granting them permission to use the original illustrations. CONTENTS