TO
MY KIND FRIENDS
OF
'ALDAMS'

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.A MILL-HAND'S MANSION[1]
II.A DREARY BANQUET[11]
III.STALLED OXEN[20]
IV.AN UNANSWERED QUESTION[31]
V.A RELUCTANT INVITATION[41]
VI.AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER[51]
VII.HORATIA'S ARRIVAL[61]
VIII.HORATIA[71]
IX.A YORKSHIRE MIXTURE[81]
X.PLAIN SPEAKING CLEARS THE AIR[90]
XI.HORATIA SPEAKS OUT[100]
XII.A RINKING-PARTY[109]
XIII.HORATIA'S INFLUENCE[119]
XIV.A MILLIONAIRE FOR FIVE MINUTES[129]
XV.A VISIT TO CLAY'S MILLS[139]
XVI.THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC[148]
XVII.A DISASTROUS BONFIRE[158]
XVIII.NANCY PACKS UP[167]
XIX.AN UNPLEASANT MOMENT[176]
XX.SARAH'S FIRST STEP TO CONQUEST[185]
XXI.CLAY'S MILLS PLAYING[194]
XXII.'FURRINERS' IN OUSEBANK![204]
XXIII.OUTWITTED[214]
XXIV.GOOD-BYE TO BALMORAL[224]
XXV.'A BAD BUSINESS'[234]
XXVI.TRUE YORKSHIRE GRIT[244]
XXVII.SARAH IS MUCH IMPROVED[254]
XXVIII.SARAH BECOMES A BUSINESS WOMAN[264]
XXIX.'A MIRACLE'[274]
XXX.LAST[283]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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He took Sarah by the hand and pulled her up on to the bank[Frontispiece.]
He took his young niece's arm and followed his sister-in-law
into the drawing-room		[21]
I'm so glad you've called me "lass"! I was so hoping some one would[69]
Ask the band to play "La Rinka," Sarah,' cried Horatia[105]
We've come to say there's two men been turned off because they've
been ill, and boys put on in their place		[132]
As the two stood and watched the air-ship something dropped from it[220]