AN AUSTRALIAN LASSIE

"Seated on a partly submerged post ... was John Brown." (Page 25.)


AN AUSTRALIAN
LASSIE
BY
LILIAN TURNER
author of "the perry girls," etc.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. JOHNSON
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE


TO
MY STEPFATHER
CHARLES COPE


CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.Wygate School[9]
II.The Pearl Seekers[20]
III."The Daily Round—The Common Task"[30]
IV.Ghosts[41]
V.John Brown[59]
VI.Monday Morning[68]
VII."Carew-Brown"[79]
VIII.The Fight[86]
IX.Dorothea's Friends[101]
X.Riches or Rags[112]
XI.The Artist by the Wayside[123]
XII.Betty in the Lion's Den[134]
XIII."If I were only You!"[147]
XIV.John's Plans[162]
XV.On the Road[177]
XVI.The Note on the Pincushion[189]
XVII.In the City[201]
XVIII.Alma's Shilling[214]
XIX.The Bent-Shouldered Old Gentleman[224]
XX.The Day After School[234]
XXI."Good-bye, Good-bye"[245]