X Sibylla Linsabigler XI New Colonial Rag Rugs XII Mary Imitates Navajo Blankets XIII "The Girls' Camp Fire" Organized by Mary XIV Mary Makes "Violet and Rose Leaf" Beads XV Mary and Elizabeth Visit Sadie Singmaster XVI The Old Parlor Made Beautiful (Modernized) XVII An Old Song Evening XVIII A Visit to the "Pennsylvania Palisades" XIX Mary Is Taught to Make Pastry, Patties and Rosenkuchcen XX Old Potteries and Decorated Dishes XXI The Value of Wholesome, Nutritious Food XXII A Variety of Cakes Evolved From One Recipe XXIII The Old "Taufschien" XXIV The Old Store on the Ridge Road XXV An Elbadritchel Hunt XXVI The Old Shanghai Rooster XXVII A "Potato Pretzel" XXVIII Faithful Service XXIX Mary, Ralph, Jake and Sibylla Visit the Allentown Fair XXX Fritz Schmidt Explores Durham Cave XXXI Mary's Marriage ILLUSTRATIONS Mary Aunt Sarah The Old Spring House The Old Mill Wheel The Old Mill Old Corn Crib The New Red Barn The Old Farm-House Ralph Jackson Rocky Valley Professor Schmidt Frau Schmidt Old Time Patch-Work Quilts Old Time Patch-Work Home-Made Rag Carpet A Hit-and-Miss Rug A Brown and Tan Rug A Circular Rug Imitation of Navajo Blankets Rug With Design Rug With Swastika in Centre Home Manufactured Silk Prayer Rug Elizabeth Schmidt--"Laughing Water" Articles in the Old Parlor Before It Was Modernized Other Articles in the Old Parlor Before It Was Modernized Palisades, or Narrows of Nockamixon The Canal at the Narrows The Narrows, or Pennsylvania Palisades Top Rock Ringing Rocks of Bucks County, Pennsylvania High Falls Big Rock at Rocky Dale The Old Towpath at the Narrows Old Earthenware Dish Igraffito Plate Old Plates Fund in Aunt Sarah's Corner Cupboard Old Style Lamps Old Taufschien The Old Store on Ridge Road Catching Elbadritchels Old Egg Basket at the Farm A Potato Pretzel Loaf of Rye Bread A "Brod Corvel," or Bread Basket Church Which Sheltered Liberty Bell in 1777-78 Liberty Bell Tablet Durham Cave The Woodland Stream Polly Schmidt An Old-Fashioned Bucks County Bake-Oven [Illustration: MARY] CHAPTER I. MARY'S LETTERS RECEIVED AT CLEAR SPRING FARM. One morning in early spring, John Landis, a Pennsylvania German farmer living in Schuggenhaus Township, Bucks County, on opening his mail box, fastened to a tree at the crossroads (for the convenience of rural mail carriers) found one letter for his wife Sarah, the envelope addressed in the well-known handwriting of her favorite niece, Mary Midleton, of Philadelphia. [Illustration]