“I married him: he was my husband. He was very good to me. I never learnt the truth from him. He died, and after his death, somehow, I learnt the truth. My dear friend married in time another man. The marriage was not happy, and they were terribly poor. He died too, and little Nancy was left unprovided for. So I told her mother on her deathbed that Nancy would always be my tender care, my most cherished darling. Now, Augusta, you know for yourself that she has a right to my home and my love and my money. She is no charity-child, but a child any mother would be proud of.”
“There never was any one like her,” said Augusta slowly. “There was a time when I was mad with jealousy of her; but I know at last what she really is. But, oh, Aunt Jessie! I am tired, and I want to be forgiven right out. I have told Uncle Peter everything—every single thing from the first. And now let me see Nancy, that she also may forgive me.”
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SEVEN MAIDS. Illustrated by Percy Tarrant.
THE ODDS AND THE EVENS. Ten Illustrations by Percy Tarrant.
A VERY NAUGHTY-GIRL. Eight Illustrations by W. Rainey.
MISS NONENTITY. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
LIGHT O’ THE MORNING. Eight Illustrations by W. Rainey.
THE GIRLS OF ST WODE’S. Eight Illustrations by W. Rainey
WILD KITTY. Eight Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington.
CATALINA. Eight Illustrations by W. Boucher.
GIRLS NEW AND OLD. Illustrated by J. Williamson.
BETTY: A School-Girl. Illustrated by Everard Hopkins.
FOUR ON AN ISLAND. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASE. Six Illustrations by Everard Hopkins.
PLAYMATES. Six Illustrations by G. Nicolet.
LITTLE MARY. AND OTHER STORIES. Illustrated.
MEG LANGHOLME; or, The Day after To-morrow. Eight Illustrations by W. Rainey.
PHILIPPA. Eight Illustrations by J. Finnemore.
OLIVIA. Eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes.
BLANCHE. Eight Illustrations by Robert Barnes.
“MY PRETTY AND HER BROTHER TOO.” Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
THE THREE WITCHES. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
THE BOYS AND I: A Child’s Story for Children. Seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer.
HOODIE. Seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer.
HERMY. Seventeen Illustrations by Lewis Baumer.
ROBIN REDBREAST. Six Illustrations by R. Barnes.