Contents.

CHAPTER
I. [LIFE IN THE ORPHANAGE]
II. [THE FLIGHT]
III. [IN THE HOSPITAL]
IV. [IN A THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE]
V. [BY THE SEA]
VI. [CHRISTMAS DAY]

Illustrations.

[ "Little night-dresses rustled. . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ The Westminster clock tower. ]

[ St. Thomas' Hospital. ]

[ Kate and Frances. ]

DAYBREAK.

CHAPTER I.