The Village of Hide and Seek

by Bingham Thoburn Wilson

TO THE CHILDREN OF POVERTY AND RAGS. TO THE

HOUSEHOLD OF SORROW AND BURDENSOME CARE.

TO THE LIVES IN THE SHADOW OF THE DARK GAUNT

FORM OF WOE. TO THOSE WHOSE EARS HAVE BEEN

ATTUNED TO THE HOLLOW, MOCKING VOICE OF

GRIEF. TO THE HUMBLEST OF THE HUMBLE, THE

POOR; THE VERY POOR. AND MAY THIS STORY

PROVE TO BE STARLIGHT IF NOT SUNSHINE.

VERY RESPECTFULLY,

THE AUTHOR.