[Illustration] YOUTH VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 1902 MAY An ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL for BOYS & GIRLS The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia CONTENTS FOR MAY FRONTISPIECE Page WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE (Serial) W. Bert Foster 77 Illustrated by F. A. Carter THE “DANDY FIFTH’S” LAST TRIUMPH Laura Alton Payne 86 A Memorial Day Story TO MAY (Selected) Wordsworth 89 LITTLE POLLY PRENTISS (Serial) Elizabeth Lincoln Gould 90 Illustrated by Ida Waugh WOOD-FOLK TALK J. Allison Atwood 97 Bobolink and the Stranger A DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST (Serial) Evelyn Raymond 99 Illustrated by Ida Waugh THE MONTH OF FLOWER Julia McNair Wright 107 Illustrated by Nina G. Barlow WITH THE EDITOR 109 EVENT AND COMMENT 110 IN-DOORS (Parlor Magic, Paper III) Ellis Stanyon 111 THE OLD TRUNK (Puzzles) 113 WITH THE PUBLISHER 114 YOUTH _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: WASHINGTON AND THE COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS AT VALLEY FORGE.] YOUTH VOL. I MAY 1902 No. 3 WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE By W. Bert Foster CHAPTER VII A Friend on the Enemy’s Side SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS