Mildred's New Daughter

Martha Finley
MILDRED’S NEW DAUGHTER
By MARTHA FINLEY
(MARTHA FARQUHARSON)
Author of the Famous ELSIE BOOKS
“A sweet, heartlifting cheerfulness, Like springtime of the year, Seemed ever on her steps to wait.” —Mrs. Hale.
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers—New York
COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
The clock on the mantel, striking six, woke Ethel and Blanche Eldon, two little sisters lying side by side in their pretty bed.
“Ah, it is morning, Blanche, and time for you and me to be up,” said Ethel, smiling pleasantly into her younger sister’s eyes.
“Yes; in a minute, Ethel,” replied Blanche, turning toward her sister and patting her cheek affectionately.
At the same moment the door into the hall opened softly and the mother came in, her dark eyes shining, her thin, pale face wreathed in smiles.