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GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE BY L. T. MEADE
Author of ※Miss Nonentity,§ ※The Odds and the Evens,§ ※Light o＊ the Morning,§ ※The Girls of St. Wode＊s,§ etc.
WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY PERCY TARRANT W. & R. CHAMBERS, Limited
CONTENTS.
I. ※I PROMISE§
II. ※I WON＊T EVER GO TO YOU.§
III. THE FROCK WITH CRAPE
IV. THE BEST GIRL
V. THE MYSTERY-GIRL
VI. THE BULL-PUP
VII. THE FALL
VIII. PIP
IX. UNDER HER THUMB
X. A MYSTERY
XI. THE MIDDLE WAY
XII. ※I SHALL STAY FOR A YEAR§
XIII. UNCLE PETER
XIV. ※IT WAS NOT WORTH WHILE§
XV. SOLDIERS OF THE TRUE BLUE
XVI. TIGHTENING HER CHAIN
XVII. AUGUSTA＊S RESOLVE
XVIII. AUGUSTA＊S SIGNATURE
XIX. THE ASPRAYS
XX. THE ORDERLY-BOOK
XXI. THE PICNIC
XXII. THE BROKEN LOCK
XXIII. ※PRIZE-DAY COMES IN A MONTH§
XXIV. THE GIPSY TEA
XXV. THE PACKET OF LETTERS
XXVI. SUNBEAM
XXVII. ※WAS THAT THE REASON?§
XXVIII. ※IS WRONG RIGHT?§
XXIX. DOWN BY THE WISTARIA
XXX. AUGUSTA IS FRIGHTENED
XXXI. UNCLE PETER＊S CONSIDERING CAP
XXXII. THE BEGINNING OF THE SHADOW
XXXIII. THE CROSS
XXXIV. THE LETTER
XXXV. THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS HARD
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
※He is not horrid at all,§ said Nan, very cross.
Nan was perfectly satisfied to sit near the fire holding the kittens.
※Cross!§ he said to himself; ※why, it is one of the dearest little faces in the world.§
※Here is some paper,§ said Nancy, ※and here is a pencil. Write the words down, Augusta, and let me keep the paper.§
Augusta nearly fell back as she read the words.
※What are you doing by that drawer, Gussie!§
※I have brought a bird for her〞my own bird. May I go in and see her at once?§ said Nancy.
Augusta in terror was hiding behind a bush of laurustinus.
※As to your shilling, miss, you can keep it, for I don＊t want none of it.§
※Let me fasten it round your neck, Nan, then I shall feel better.§
GIRLS OF THE TRUE BLUE. CHAPTER I.〞※I PROMISE.§
※And how is she to-day, Nan?§ said the kindly voice of Mrs. Richmond.
The time was early spring. The lady in question had come into a dark and somewhat dismal room; she herself was richly wrapped in furs and velvet; her large, smooth face was all beams and smiles. A dark little girl with thin cheeks, about eleven years of age, clasping a battered doll in her arms, looked full up at her.
※She is no better,§ said Nan; ※and I think perhaps it would be a good plan for you to go.§
※What a little monkey you are!§ said Mrs. Richmond. ※But I do not mind you, my dear Anna; I have known you too long. Come here, dear, and let me look at you.§
Nan laid her doll on the table and approached slowly. Her dress was untidy, her hair unkempt. There were traces of tears round her eyes, but none showed at that moment; the sad eyes looked bold and full and defiant into the kindly face of the lady.
※You are not too tidy, my dear little girl; that pinafore would be the better for the wash-tub. And must you play with that horrid old doll?§
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