NOTE: The author expresses her thanks to the editors of _The Hebrew Standard_ and _The Jewish Child_ in which the stories, "In the Night Watches" and "A Place of Refuge," originally appeared. CONTENTS. PAGE IN THE NIGHT WATCHES 9 _The Three who came with Columbus._ WHEN KATRINA LOST HER WAY 14 _A tale of the First Jewish Settlers of New Amsterdam._ A PLACE OF REFUGE 33 _How the Wanderer came to Rhode Island._ "DOWN WITH KING GEORGE" 39 _How Isaac Franks, of the American army, first heard the Declaration of Independence._ THE LAST SERVICE 52 _The story of a Rabbi who lived in New York when it was captured by the British in 1776._ THE GENEROUS GIVER 68 _The story of a Jewish money-lender of the Revolution._ ACROSS THE WATERS 88 _A story of the City of Refuge planned by Mordecai Noah._ THREE AT GRACE 105 _The story of the first Jewish settler in Alabama._ THE LUCKY STONE 122 _The adventures of Uriah P. Levy, the first naval officer of his day._ THE PRINCESS OF PHILADELPHIA 140 _The story of Rebecca Gratz and Washington Irving._ A PRESENT FOR MR. LINCOLN 160 _How President Lincoln set out for Washington and how he returned._ THE LAND COLUMBUS FOUND 173 _The story of the tablet placed upon the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor._ THE NEW LAND IN THE NIGHT WATCHES _The Three Who Came With Columbus._ For a while there was no sound save the soft swish-swish of the waves as the "Santa Maria," the flagship of Columbus, ploughed its way through the darkness. The moon had long since disappeared and one by one the stars had left the sky until only the morning star remained to guide Alonzo de la Calle, crouching above his pilot wheel. The man's eyes ached for sleep, his fingers were numb from dampness and fatigue, his heart heavy with despair. "Dawn," he muttered at last, "almost the last of the night watches; Gonzalo will take my place at the wheel and I can sleep." In the shifting light of the ship's lantern, swinging from the mast above his head, the pilot saw Bernal, the ship's doctor, advancing toward him; a little dark man, who dragged one foot as he walked. He would have passed without speaking; but Alonzo, hungry for companionship, caught his arm.