Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for
the Southern District of New York.

EDWARD O. JENKINS,
Printer & Stereotyper,
No. 26 Frankfort Street.


CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAP.I.—A MOONLIGHT VISITOR[5]
II.—THE “MARTHA JANE”[13]
III.—THE WATER-LILY[33]
IV.—THE RED HOUSE WITH THE BLUE SHUTTERS[53]
V.—DAPH’S SHOPPING[69]
VI.—CLOUDS[81]
VII.—A NEW PATH[92]
VIII.—NEWS[107]
IX.—A MINISTERING SPIRIT[129]
X.—STRANGE PROCEEDINGS[146]
XI.—ANOTHER FRIEND[155]
XII.—HOME SCENES[176]
XIII.—MARY RAY[190]
XIV.—THE BASKET OVERTURNED[203]
XV.—THE END[213]


THE
Babes in the Basket;
OR,
DAPH AND HER CHARGE.