Hilda's Mascot: A Tale of "Maryland, My Maryland"

by Mary E. Ireland

MARY LOUISE GRAHAM,

This story of “Hilda’s Mascot,”

companion to “Timothy and His Friends,”

is affectionately dedicated by

The Author.

Washington, D. C.

Contents

• [CHAPTER I—THE EBONY BOX]
• [CHAPTER II—HILDA’S AUNT ASHLEY]
• [CHAPTER III—“MY LADY’S MANOR” AND ITS MYSTERY]
• [CHAPTER IV—A VISIT TO FRIEDENHEIM]
• [CHAPTER V—HILDA’S NEW CARE-TAKER]
• [CHAPTER VI—HILDA A LITERAL FOLLOWER OF BUNYAN]
• [CHAPTER VII—HILDA’S WELCOME TO MY LADY’S MANOR]
• [CHAPTER VIII—LETTERS WHICH BRING A TRIAL TO HILDA]
• [CHAPTER IX—AT THE GYPSY ENCAMPMENT]
• [CHAPTER X—AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE]
• [CHAPTER XI—HILDA’S LETTERS TO HER OLD HOME]
• [CHAPTER XII—JERUSHA FLINT AND HILDA]
• [CHAPTER XIII—HILDA BY THE MERRYMAN FIRESIDE]
• [CHAPTER XIV—ARCHIE FINDS A PACKAGE]
• [CHAPTER XV—HILDA’S HOME]

CHAPTER I—THE EBONY BOX

One evening many years ago a man, accompanied by a girl and a boy, was passing slowly along one of the streets of Baltimore that led to an orphan asylum.