Poppy: The Story of a South African Girl

Poppy The Story of a South African Girl
IN HIS LOOMING ABOUT THE ROOM HE HAD STOPPED DEAD BEFORE WATTS'S PICTURE 'HOPE' OVER THE MANTELPIECE From the painting by G. F. Watts, R.A. ( See p. 336 )
THE STORY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN GIRL
CYNTHIA STOCKLEY
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1910
Published, March, 1910 Reprinted, March, 1910; May, 1910 July, 1910 (twice); August, 1910 September, 1910; October, 1910
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
PART I
... and some do say of poppies that they be the tears of the moon shed in a land beyond the seas: and that they do bring forgetfulness and freedom from pain. ( From an old Irish Legend .)
NOTHING more unlike a gladsome poppy of the field was ever seen than Poppy Destin, aged nine, washing a pile of dirty plates at the kitchen table.