CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.[Old Days]
CHAPTER II.[A Happy Evening]
CHAPTER III.[Coming Events]
CHAPTER IV.[All Settled]
CHAPTER V.[An Unpromising Beginning]
CHAPTER VI.[A New World]
CHAPTER VII.[Gathering Clouds]
CHAPTER VIII.["Nobody—Nobody"]
CHAPTER IX.[Out in the Rain]
CHAPTER X.[Taking Refuge]
CHAPTER XI.[Kind Friends]
CHAPTER XII.[Good News]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Our consultation took a good while]
["Good-bye!"]
["Little girls must not contradict, and must not be rude"]
["My poor little girl, what is the matter?"]
[I crept downstairs, past one schoolroom with its closed door]
[The brother lions rose into the air]
[Myra came forward gently, her sweet face looking rather grave]

[CHAPTER I.]

OLD DAYS.