New York
International Association of Newspapers and Authors
1901
Copyright, 1899
By L. C. Page and Company
(INCORPORATED)
George M. Hill Company
Printers and Binders
Chicago, Ill.
I DEDICATE
THIS MY FIRST STORY
TO MY MOST INDULGENT CRITIC,
THE ONE WHO WILL HAVE MOST PATIENCE WITH ITS
IMPERFECTIONS,—MY BELOVED MOTHER,
Maria Kisborough Freeman Saunders
OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
Miss Marshall Saunders’s first published work was issued in England in 1889, under the title, “My Spanish Sailor.” In the present volume, while not materially altering the plot or action, Miss Saunders has added a number of new incidents, and, as indicated by the change in title, has made some minor changes in the time and scene of the original story.