Copyright, 1907, by David McKay.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Jessica Begins a Long Journey | [9] |
| II. | In the Tourist Car | [ 20] |
| III. | The Long Journey Ends | [ 30] |
| IV. | In the Ancient Mansion | [ 40] |
| V. | Buster takes a City Trail | [ 52] |
| VI. | Jessica’s First Girl Friend | [ 65] |
| VII. | Ephraim takes Home the Bundle | [ 76] |
| VIII. | Morning Talks and Interruptions | [ 87] |
| IX. | “Laylocks” | [ 98] |
| X. | Learning Life | [ 108] |
| XI. | Letters and Changes | [ 119] |
| XII. | Meeting and Parting | [ 129] |
| XIII. | Jessica Enters School | [ 141] |
| XIV. | How the First Day Ended | [ 152] |
| XV. | A Text from Goethe | [ 165] |
| XVI. | The Something which Happened | [ 179] |
| XVII. | Reconciliation and Revelation | [ 191] |
| XVIII. | A Telling Valedictory | [ 203] |
| XIX. | The Dream and the Reality | [ 213] |
JESSICA TRENT’S INHERITANCE.
CHAPTER I.
JESSICA BEGINS A LONG JOURNEY.
“O mother! How can I bear it? How can I go?” cried Jessica Trent, clinging fast to the slender, black-robed figure standing a little apart on the platform of the railway station.
“Bravely and hopefully, my darling, as befits the daughter of Cassius Trent. Eagerly, I trust, as one who goes to finish his life work;” answered the almost heart-broken mother, the joy of whose existence would vanish with that outgoing eastern train.
“But I may come home again next year, mother dearest? Say I may come then!” pleaded the girl.