I.BIG BEN'S VOICE.[1]
II.A SERVANT OF GOD.[3]
III.GOOD SECURITY.[7]
IV.SOLITARY HOURS.[9]
V.EAGER WORDS.[10]
VI.DIFFERENT SORT OF WORK.[12]
VII.SHOPPING.[21]
VIII.COMPARISONS.[26]
IX.A TRIP INTO THE COUNTRY.[31]
X.THE RETURN TO LONDON.[35]
XI.A NEW DEPARTURE.[44]
XII.LEFT ALONE.[48]
XIII.PETER HARRIS.[60]
XIV.THE SEARCH.[66]
XV.CONCENTRATION OF PURPOSE.[69]
XVI.PICKLES.[74]
XVII.CINDERELLA.[78]
XVIII.THE METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.[79]
XIX.A SAINTLY LADY.[83]
XX.CAUGHT AGAIN.[87]
XXI.SAFE HOME AT LAST.[94]
XXII.NEWS OF SUE.[105]
XXIII.AMATEUR DETECTIVE.[109]
XXIV.MOTHER AND SON.[112]
XXV.ABOUT RONALD.[113]
XXVI.TWO CUPS OF COFFEE.[124]
XXVII.DELAYED TRIAL.[127]
XXVIII.CINDERELLA WOULD SHIELD THE REAL THIEF.[130]
XXIX.A LITTLE HEROINE.[132]
XXX.WHAT WAS HARRIS TO HER?[134]
XXXI.A STERN RESOLVE.[136]
XXXII.AN UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT.[137]
XXXIII.A POINTED QUESTION.[138]
XXXIV.PICKLES TO THE FORE AGAIN.[141]
XXXV.THE WINGS ARE GROWING.[142]
XXXVI.A CRISIS.[143]
XXXVII.THE HAPPY GATHERING.[151]

SUE: A LITTLE HEROINE.

CHAPTER I.

BIG BEN'S VOICE.

Sue made a great effort to push her way to the front of the crowd. The street preacher was talking, and she did not wish to lose a word. She was a small, badly made girl, with a freckled face and hair inclined to red, but her eyes were wonderfully blue and intelligent. She pushed and pressed forward into the thick of the crowd. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and looking up, saw a very rough man gazing at her.

"Be that you, Peter Harris?" said Sue. "An' why didn't yer bring Connie along?"

"Hush!" said some people in the crowd.

The preacher raised his voice a little higher: