I DEDICATE THIS STORY TO
EMILE HUGUENIN, JEAN BRUN,
GERALD MUIR, SANFORD ROTHENBURG,
HARRY KRUGER, MAUGHS BROWN,
AND
ROBBIE MACLEAN,
BOYS OF BELMONT SCHOOL WHO USED TO GATHER ROUND ME
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AND BEG FOR A MANUSCRIPT
READING OF THE TRIALS OF MY ORPHAN
IN SEARCH OF A HOME.
Owing to the exigencies of serial publication, the story of "'Tilda Jane," as it appeared in The Youth's Companion, was somewhat condensed. In the present version the omitted portions have been restored, and the story published in its original form.
[CONTENTS.]
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Creamery Shark | [11] |
| II. | Even Sharks Have Tender Hearts | [26] |
| III. | The Story of Her Life | [36] |
| IV. | Unstable as Water | [50] |
| V. | Another Adventure | [61] |
| VI. | Deaf and Dumb | [75] |
| VII. | Clearing up a Mistake | [85] |
| VIII. | A Third Running Away | [94] |
| IX. | Lost in the Woods | [107] |
| X. | Among Friends | [121] |
| XI. | A Sudden Resolution | [136] |
| XII. | Farewell to the Poachers | [151] |
| XIII. | An Attempted Trick | [164] |
| XIV. | Home, Sweet Home | [171] |
| XV. | The French Family | [186] |
| XVI. | The Tiger in His Lair | [194] |
| XVII. | The Tiger Makes a Spring | [206] |
| XVIII. | In Search of a Perfect Man | [217] |
| XIX. | Sweet and Soft Repentance | [230] |
| XX. | Waiting | [240] |
| XXI. | The Tiger Becomes a Lamb | [246] |
| XXII. | A Troubled Mind | [257] |
| XXIII. | An Unexpected Appearance | [266] |
| XXIV. | A Friend in Need | [275] |