Mrs. Peterkin puts Salt into her Coffee. THE Peterkin Papers Peterkin Papers BY LUCRETIA P. HALE With Illustrations SEVENTH EDITION. BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1893 Copyright, 1880 By JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY and 1886 By TICKNOR & COMPANY [7] [7] THE PETERKIN PAPERS Dedicated TO MEGGIE (THE DAUGHTER OF THE LADY FROM PHILADELPHIA) TO WHOM THESE STORIES WERE FIRST TOLD [9]