Elizabeth C. Barney Buel

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Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

AN OLD DOORWAY

THE TALE

OF THE

SPINNING-WHEEL

BY

ELIZABETH CYNTHIA BARNEY BUEL

Regent “Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter,” Daughters of the American Revolution

ILLUSTRATED BY

EMILY NOYES VANDERPOEL

AUTHOR OF “COLOR PROBLEMS” AND “CHRONICLES OF A PIONEER SCHOOL”

LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT
MCMIII

Copyright, 1903, by
Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel

UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON
AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

DEDICATED
IN GRATEFUL AFFECTION
TO
THE MARY FLOYD TALLMADGE CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
WHOSE READY SYMPATHY AND ENTHUSIASM
HAVE NEVER FAILED IN WORK FOR
“HOME AND COUNTRY”