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Article: Trapped!(Suburban Living)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2000
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The Daily Herald is serializing a story by children's author Liza Ketchum. This is the ninth of 20 chapters. Watch Suburban Living on Thursdays to follow the story.
THE STORY SO FAR: The Damron children have adopted a puppy, but discover that children traveling alone must watch out for strangers.
Chapter 9 - Trapped!
May 10, 1828. Shawneetown, Ill.
Shawneetown is a busy settlement with hundreds of log cabins jumbled near the river. As Moses hitches up the mule, the pilot takes me aside. "This town is too rough for children," he says. "Keep a tight hold on the little ones, and stay with my friend Willie Cottland, outside town. You'll be ...