19 Sumner Place, S.W.,

May 1897.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I['What a lot of Boys!']
CHAPTER II[Pat and Pets]
CHAPTER III[Guests at Tea]
CHAPTER IV[Wanted—A Sister]
CHAPTER V[Bob]
CHAPTER VI[Ferrets and Fairies]
CHAPTER VII[Nance's Story]
CHAPTER VIII[Nance's Story (Continued)]
CHAPTER IX[Miss Mouse 'At Home']
CHAPTER X[The Story of the Lucky Penny]
CHAPTER XI[A Great Sacrifice]
CHAPTER XII[Out on the Moor]

ILLUSTRATIONS

['Oh, what a lot of boys!']
['I'll take one hand and Pat one, and then we'll all run down together']
[Nance]
['I've plenty of stories in my head,' she said]
['All of a sudden he stood straight up and began throwing things at me for me to catch—it was the little suns!']
['Bob,' she said. He pretended not to hear her]
[And—were those snow-flakes again?]

CHAPTER I