LITTLE SISTER SNOW

BY

FRANCES LITTLE

Author of "The Lady of the Decoration"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GENJIRO KATAOKA
1909

TO MY NIECE
ALICE HEGAN RICE

IN MEMORY OF MANY HAPPY MONTHS
SPENT TOGETHER IN JAPAN

CONTENTS


[Chapter 1]
[Chapter 2]
[Chapter 3]
[Chapter 4]
[Chapter 5]
[Chapter 6]
[Chapter 7]

ILLUSTRATIONS


[A fervent, whispered prayer . . .] Frontispiece

[She would throw her into the ditch]

[The two old people]

[Yuki San was called before her father]

[With paint and brush she fell to work]

[At the slightest sound she listened]

[Not willing to be surpassed in salutation]

["My heart bleed for lonely"]

[She busied herself with serving the tea]

[Very helpless and lonesome]

[To make good her promise to the gods]