I. [A School-girl Quarrel]
II. [Aunt Judith]
III. [Will You have Me for a Friend?]
IV. [A Talk with Aunt Judith]
V. [A Fallen Queen]
VI. [Winnie's Home]
VII. [An Afternoon at Dingle Cottage]
VIII. [Forging the First Link]
IX. [The Christmas Party]
X. [Gathering Clouds]
XI. [It is so hard to say Good-bye]
XII. [I always speak as I think]
XIII. [Our Sailor Boy]
XIV. [The Prize Essay]
XV. [How shall I live through the long, long years?]
XVI. [Light in Darkness]
XVII. [I shall learn to be good now]
XVIII. [Conclusion]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[ Started off through the first figure . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "Will you have me for a friend?" ]

[ A prostrate figure with white, upturned face ]

[ The eyes, wide open, were fixed on the sheets of
manuscript before her ]

AUNT JUDITH.

CHAPTER I.

A SCHOOL-GIRL QUARREL.