Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

SHE WENT ONE STEP DEEPER STILL, BENT FORWARD AND
CAUGHT THE LITTLE GIRL IN A FIRM GRIP.

Little "Why-Because"

By

AGNES GIBERNE

Author of "Sun, Moon and Stars," "Five Little Birdies,"
"Stories of the Abbey Precincts," "Through the Lynn," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUDLEY TENNANT

LONDON

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY