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    Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday
    Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday
    Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday
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    Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett

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    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an English-American author and playwright. She is best known for her incredibly popular novels for children, including Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.

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      Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday - Frances Hodgson Burnett

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      Title: Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday

      Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

      Release Date: September 15, 2012 [eBook #40764]

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BARTY CRUSOE AND HIS MAN SATURDAY***

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      Transcriber's Note:

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

      Pirate Captain is inconsistently capitalized.

      On page 132, in the phrase 'Chattery-chattery—chat-chat chatterdy,' said Man Friday, Man Friday should possibly be Man Saturday.

      Barty and the Good Wolf had everything you could imagine

      BARTY CRUSOE AND

      HIS MAN SATURDAY

      BY

      FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

      AUTHOR OF LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY, THE LITTLE PRINCESS, THE GOOD WOLF, ETC.

      NEW YORK

      MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY

      1909

      Copyright, 1908, 1909, by

      HOLIDAY PUBLISHING CO.

      New York

      Copyright, 1909, by

      MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY

      New York

      Entered at Stationers' Hall

      All Rights Reserved

      Published, November, 1909

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      BARTY CRUSOE AND

      HIS MAN SATURDAY

      HOPE you remember that I told you that the story of Barty and the Good Wolf was the kind of story which could go on and on, and that when it stopped it could begin again.

      It was like that when Tim's mother told it to Tim, and really that was what Tim liked best about it—that sudden way it had of beginning all over again with something new just when you felt quite mournful because you thought it had come to an end. There are very few stories like that,—very few indeed,—so you have to be thankful when you find one.

      This new part began with Barty finding an old book in the attic of his house. He liked the attic because you never knew what you might find there. Once he had even found an old sword which had belonged to his grandfather and which might have killed a man if his grandfather had worn it in war.

      One rainy day he found the book. It was a rather fat book, and it had been read so much that it was falling to pieces. On the first page there was a picture of a very queer looking man. He was dressed in clothes made of goat skin; he carried a gun on one shoulder and a parrot on the other, and his name was printed under the picture and it was—Robinson Crusoe.

      Now, Barty was a very good reader for his age. He had to spell very few words when he read aloud, so he sat down at once on the attic floor and began to read about Robinson Crusoe as fast as ever he could. That day he was late to his dinner and was late for bed, and as the days went on he was late so often that his mother thought he must be losing his appetite. But he was not. He was only so delighted with Robinson Crusoe that he could not remember the time.

      That week the Good Wolf was away on very important business, and if Barty had not had his wonderful book to read he might have felt lonely. The Good Wolf had taught him a special little tune to play on his whistle when he wanted to call him without calling all the other animals.

      He was so delighted with Robinson Crusoe that he could not remember the time

      The day Barty finished reading his book he tucked it under his arm and ran into the wood to his secret place and played his tune, and in less than two minutes he turned round and saw the Good Wolf trotting towards him out of the green tunnel.

      Barty ran and hugged him, and while he was hugging him the book under his arm fell down to the grass. What is that? asked the Good Wolf, and he went to it and sniffed it over carefully.

      It is a book I have been reading, answered Barty. It is about a man whose name was Robinson Crusoe. He was shipwrecked on a desert island.

      What is a desert island? inquired the Good Wolf.

      It is a perfectly beautiful place with a sea all around it. Oh! I wonder if there are any desert islands around here!

      The Good Wolf looked thoughtful. He sat down and gently scratched his left ear with his hind foot.

      Do you want one? he asked. Let us make ourselves comfortable and talk it over.

      So they sat down and Barty leaned against him with one arm round his neck and began to explain. A desert island is a place where no one lives but you. There are no other people on it and there are no houses and no shops and you have to make yourself a hut to live in. And beautiful things grow wild—cocoanuts and big bunches of grapes. And there are goats and parrots you can tame so that they sit on your shoulder and talk to you.

      Do the goats sit on your shoulder and talk to you? asked the Good Wolf, looking a little surprised.

      No, only the parrots, said Barty. The goats follow you about and are friends with you. The only trouble sometimes is cannibals.

      The Good Wolf shook his head. I never saw a cannibal, he remarked.

      They are not nice, said Barty, they are savage black men who want to eat people—but you can frighten them away with your gun, he ended quite

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