ILLUSTRATED.
BOSTON:
H. B. FULLER AND COMPANY,
(Successors to Walker, Fuller, & Co.,)
245 WASHINGTON STREET.
1867.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
H. B. FULLER,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Stereotyped by C. J. Peters & Son, 13 Washington Street, Boston.
Printed by John Wilson & Son, Cambridge.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| THE CHILDREN KNOCK | [ 7] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE FAR-OFF SPIRIT | [ 16] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| THE TREE BY THE PARENTS’ HOUSE | [ 25] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| OPEN THE DOOR | [ 31] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| UPON THE HOLDER COMMON | [ 53] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| HER OWN COOK | [ 74] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| THE SISTER OF CHARITY | [ 92] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| SACK AND AXE | [ 112] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| AN UNBIDDEN GUEST | [ 123] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| ONLY ONE DANCE | [ 142] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| AS IT IS IN THE SONG | [ 159] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| HE HAS COME | [ 168] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| OUT OF A MOTHER’S HEART | [ 183] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| THE HORSEMAN | [ 196] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| BANISHED AND SAVED | [ 205] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| SILVER TROT | [ 223] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| OVER MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY | [ 232] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| THE FIRST FIRE UPON THE HEARTH | [ 248] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| SECRET TREASURES | [ 260] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| FAMILY WAYS | [ 268] |
THE LITTLE BAREFOOT