ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY

AUTHOR OF "LITTLE MISS MUFFET," "COUSIN MONA,"
"THE MISTRESS OF BRAE FARM," "ESTHER," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1900

COPYRIGHT, 1896,
BY
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Contents.

CHAPTER I.
[AT THE CORNER HOUSE]
CHAPTER II.
[THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER]
CHAPTER III.
[AUNT MADGE]
CHAPTER IV.
[DR. LUTTRELL'S FIRST PATIENT]
CHAPTER V.
[A VISIT TO GALVASTON HOUSE]
CHAPTER VI.
["I REMIND YOU OF SOMEONE?"]
CHAPTER VII.
[BLOWING BUBBLES]
CHAPTER VIII.
["'TIS A LOVE TOKEN, I RECKON"]
CHAPTER IX.
[THE CHRISTMAS GUEST]
CHAPTER X.
[A GENTLEMANLY TRAMP]
CHAPTER XI.
[THE NIGHT-BELL RINGS]
CHAPTER XII.
[GRETA]
CHAPTER XIII.
[FRESH COMPLICATIONS]
CHAPTER XIV.
[AN EVENTFUL DAY]
CHAPTER XV.
["THEY WERE BOTH TO BLAME"]
CHAPTER XVI.
[BUSY DAYS]
CHAPTER XVII.
[PRODIGAL SONS]
CHAPTER XVIII.
[AUNT MADGE GIVES HER OPINION]
CHAPTER XIX.
[DAME FORTUNE SMILES]
CHAPTER XX.
["SOMEBODY'S CRUTCH"]
CHAPTER XXI.
[SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS]
CHAPTER XXII.
["YOU MUST NOT LOSE HEART"]
CHAPTER XXIII.
["I HAVE COME TO STAY"]
CHAPTER XXIV.
["NOT YET"]

Illustrations

[ "I hope you do not think I am wrong?" . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "Oh, Marcus, how happy we are!" ]

[ "Olive, look what Mr. Gaythorne has given me" ]

[ Mr. Gaythorne sat in his great ebony chair ]

[ "It is beautiful—it is perfectly charming!" ]

[ "They both looked so comfortable and contented" ]