[Illustration] YOUNG FOLKS MAGAZINE VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 1902 APRIL An ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL for BOYS & GIRLS The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia CONTENTS FOR APRIL FRONTISPIECE--Valley Forge--Washington and Lafayette Page WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE (Serial) W. Bert Foster 37 Illustrated by F. A. Carter THE FRESHMAN BANQUET Harriet Wheeler 48 Illustrated by H. M. Brock MR. NOBODY 51 A DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST (Serial) Evelyn Raymond 52 Illustrated by Ida Waugh APRIL--Selected from “In Memoriam” 61 WOOD-FOLK TALK J. Allison Atwood 62 LITTLE POLLY PRENTISS (Serial) Elizabeth Lincoln Gould 64 Illustrated by Ida Waugh APRIL LEAVES Julia McNair Wright 71 WITH THE EDITOR 72 EVENT AND COMMENT 73 IN-DOORS (Parlor Magic, Paper II) Ellis Stanyon 74 THE OLD TRUNK (Puzzles) 76 WITH THE PUBLISHER 77 YOUNG FOLKS MAGAZINE _An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls_ SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Sent postpaid to any address Subscriptions can begin at any time and must be paid in advance Remittances may be made in the way most convenient to the sender, and should be sent to The Penn Publishing Company 923 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Copyright 1902 by The Penn Publishing Company. [Illustration: VALLEY FORGE--WASHINGTON AND LAFAYETTE] Young Folks Magazine VOL. I APRIL 1902 No. 2 WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE By W. Bert Foster CHAPTER III Black Sam SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS The story opens in the year 1777, during one of the most critical periods of the Revolution. Hadley Morris, our hero, is in the employ of Jonas Benson, the host of the Three Oaks, a well known inn on the road between Philadelphia and New York. Like most of his neighbors, Hadley is an ardent sympathizer with the American cause. When, therefore, the bearer of dispatches, having been captured on his way to Philadelphia, gives Hadley the all-important packet to be forwarded to General Washington, the boy immediately makes his escape with it, in spite of the risk to his own life from the pursuing horsemen. In the darkness the fleeing boy meets a friendly teamster, Lafe Holdness, in reality a patriot spy and friend of Washington. At his suggestion the boy and his horse take safety in the low, covered wagon just as the closely pursuing horsemen come dashing up the road. The covered wagon went creaking on until the officer, wheeling his big steed directly across the road, halted the astonished team of draught horses perforce.