A Little Gipsy Lass

A STORY OF MOORLAND AND WILD
By
GORDON-STABLES, M.D., C.M., R.N.
Author of
'Peggy M'Queen,' 'The Rover Caravan,' &c.
WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS
by
William Rainey
LONDON: 47 Paternoster Row
W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED
EDINBURGH: 47 Paternoster Row
1907

Edinburgh:
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][LOTTY LEE][1]
[II.][HOW ANTONY HAPPENED TO BE THERE][11]
[III.][IN GIPSY CAMP AND CARAVAN][18]
[IV.]['EVER BEEN AN INFANT PRODIGY?' SAID LOTTY][34]
[V.][THE QUEEREST SHOW.—A DAY IN THE WILDS][47]
[VI.]['THERE IS THAT IN YOUR EYE WHICH CRONA LOVES'][59]
[VII.][POOR ANTONY WAS DROWNING!][69]
[VIII.][THE MYSTERY OF THE MERMAN][79]
[IX.]['THE NEW JENNY WREN'][90]
[X.][A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL][99]
[XI.][BLOWN OUT TO SEA][111]
[XII.]['OUT YONDER, ON THE LEE BOW, SIR'][121]
[XIII.][ON BOARD THE 'NOR'LAN' STAR'][132]
[XIV.][A LITTLE STRANGER COMES ON BOARD][142]
[XV.]['I WANT TO DREAM THAT DREAM AGAIN'][154]
[XVI.][SAFELY BACK TO ENGLAND][163]
[XVII.][LIFE ON THE ROAD IN THE 'GIPSY QUEEN'][172]
[XVIII.][SNOW-BOUND IN A MOUNTAIN-LAND][182]
[XIX.][SPORTING-TIME IN WOODS AND WILDS][193]
[XX.][IN THE DARK O' THE NEAP][204]
[XXI.][THE WRECK OF THE 'CUMBERLAND'][214]
[XXII.][THE AMBITIONS OF CHOPS JUNIOR][226]
[XXIII.]['WELL, CHOPS, TO RUN AWAY'][236]
[XXIV.]['I SAVED IT UP FOR A RAINY DAY'][248]
[XXV.]['WE'VE GOT A LITTLE STOWAWAY HERE, GUARD'][260]
[XXVI.][THAT CROOKED SIXPENCE][272]
[XXVII.]['GAZE ON THOSE SUMMER WOODS'][283]
[XXVIII.]['HO, HO, HO! SET HIM UP'][290]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
[The girl simply lifted the latch and entered without ceremony][Frontispiece.]
[Then that huge brown bear began to dance][50]
[He found himself in the water next moment ... with the Jenny Wren on her side][71]
[And they had special tit-bits which they took from her hands][92]
[Presently the black hull of the bark was looming within fifty yards over her][129]
['Father, father,' she cried, 'I cannot, will not do this'][224]