[Frontispiece: "THE YOUNG CLERGYMAN CLIMBED
CAREFULLY BUT QUICKLY DOWN TO THEM"
(missing from book)]

MONICA'S CHOICE

BY

FLORA E. BERRY

AUTHOR OF
"NETA LYALL," "IN SMALL CORNERS," ETC.

WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

London
S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO.
8 & 9, PATERNOSTER ROW
1904

CONTENTS

CHAP.

  1. ["I WISH CONRAD HAD NEVER LEFT HER WITH ME"]
  2. ["SUCH A *DEAR* LITTLE MONKEY!"]
  3. ["I'M MOVED UP!"]
  4. ["I WISH YOU'D BE FRIENDS WITH ME"]
  5. ["I WANT YOU A MINUTE"]
  6. ["HE WEREN'T CALLED 'SEIZE-'ER,' FOR NOTHIN'"]
  7. ["THIS IS MONICA BEAUCHAMP, MOTHER"]
  8. ["MIND YOU ARE NOT LATE!"]
  9. ["HAVE A RIDE, MONICA?"]
  10. ["I LIKE FUSSIN' OVER PEOPLE"]
  11. ["A NICE ENOUGH LITTLE DOG, AS DOGS GO"]
  12. ["A HUNGRY FEELING IN MY BRAIN"]
  13. ["A NICE SCRAPE SHE'LL GET INTO!"]
  14. ["SUNDAY AGAIN ALREADY!"]
  15. ["OH, MONICA, DON'T!"]
  16. ["DO BE CAREFUL, GIRLS"]
  17. ["DON'T PERSUADE ME NOT TO, ANY MORE"]
  18. ["I EXPECT IT WILL BE RATHER SLOW AND--POKEY!"]
  19. ["YOU TELL THEM, LOIS; I COULDN'T"]
  20. ["KEEP IT UP, IT ANSWERS VERY WELL"]
  21. ["I GUESS I'LL JUST WATCH *YOU* A BIT"]
  22. ["I CANNOT SPARE YOU, MONICA!"]
  23. ["IT'S ALL SURPRISES, NOWADAYS"]
  24. ["I THINK MY MONICA DESERVES THE V.C."]
  25. ["THE CHILD HAS CHOSEN WELL"]