“Love not pleasure; love God. This is the everlasting Yea, wherein all contradiction is solved, wherein whoso walks and works, it is well with him.”—Carlyle.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.An Australian Christmas[7]
II.Jack[17]
III.The Christmas Card[28]
IV.Ruby’s Dream[38]
V.The Bush Fire[48]
VI.“I can never do it now!”[57]
VII.A Summer Morning[63]
VIII.Another Christmas Day[72]
IX.For Wat’s Sake[81]
X.May[91]

RUBY.