POLLY
A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL
BY
L. T. MEADE
Author of “A World of Girls,” “Daddy’s Girl,”
“Light of the Morning,” “Palace Beautiful,”
“A Girl in Ten Thousand,” etc.
NEW YORK
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
1910

Polly

“But if thou wilt be constant then,
And faithful of thy word,
I’ll make thee glorious by my pen
And famous by my sword.
I’ll serve thee in such noble ways
Was never heard before:
I’ll crown and deck thee all with bays
And love thee evermore.” —James Graham.

Contents

PART I
CHAPTER I.A GREAT MISFORTUNE.[1]
CHAPTER II.ALL ABOUT THE FAMILY.[4]
CHAPTER III.“BE BRAVE, DEAR.”[6]
CHAPTER IV.QUITE A NEW SORT OF SCHEME.[10]
CHAPTER V.A SAFETY-VALVE.[13]
CHAPTER VI.POLLY’S RAID.[16]
CHAPTER VII.THE GROWN-UPS.[19]
CHAPTER VIII.SHOULD THE STRANGERS COME?[24]
CHAPTER IX.LIMITS.[28]
CHAPTER X.INDIGESTION WEEK.[32]
CHAPTER XI.A—WAS AN APPLE PIE.[36]
CHAPTER XII.POTATOES—MINUS POINT.[42]
CHAPTER XIII.IN THE ATTIC.[45]
CHAPTER XIV.AUNT MARIA.[50]
CHAPTER XV.PUNISHMENT.[55]
CHAPTER XVI.DR. MAYBRIGHT versus SCORPION.[60]
CHAPTER XVII.WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?[64]
CHAPTER XVIII.THE WIFE OF MICAH JONES.[68]
CHAPTER XIX.DISTRESSED HEROINES.[73]
CHAPTER XX.LIMITS.[75]
CHAPTER XXI.THE HIGH MOUNTAINS.[78]
PART II
CHAPTER I.A COUPLE OF BARBARIANS.[82]
CHAPTER II.A YOUNG QUEEN.[86]
CHAPTER III.NOT LIKE OTHERS.[94]
CHAPTER IV.A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN.[98]
CHAPTER V.FORSAKEN.[103]
CHAPTER VI.WITHOUT HER TREASURE.[108]
CHAPTER VII.MAGGIE TO THE RESCUE.[113]
CHAPTER VIII.THE HERMIT’S HUT.[117]
CHAPTER IX.AN OLD SONG.[121]
CHAPTER X.LOOKING AT HERSELF.[126]
CHAPTER XI.THE WORTH OF A DIAMOND.[131]
CHAPTER XII.RELICS AND A WELCOME.[135]
CHAPTER XIII.VERY ROUGH WEATHER.[139]
CHAPTER XIV.A NOVEL HIDING-PLACE.[144]
CHAPTER XV.A DILEMMA.[149]
CHAPTER XVI.FIREFLY.[151]
CHAPTER XVII.TO THE RESCUE.[155]
CHAPTER XVIII.OH, FIE! POLLY.[159]
CHAPTER XIX.ONE YEAR AFTER.[165]

POLLY:
A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL.