Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
It was concealed from view as you came along the lane, for it had formerly been the lodge of a larger house, and in order to enter the swinging gate in the sweet-briar hedge which separated its little garden from the carriage drive, you had to pass through a broad iron gateway...
It was concealed from view as you came along the lane, for it had formerly been the lodge of a larger house, and in order to enter the swinging gate in the sweet-briar hedge whi...
2. CHAPTER II.MEANWHILE, the fugitive and his pursuers were far away, and a desperate race they had. Until at last, the unwary animal, scenting a freshly cut stack of hay, turned in at the ga...
3. CHAPTER III.THE next day seemed determined to show how disagreeable clouds can make the face of nature. The wind moaned in the plantation as if the trees were complaining that the sun had b...
4. CHAPTER IV.WHEN Lilla awoke next morning, all was calm and still. The wind had done its work and swept away the clouds, and with the dawn, it had hushed to rest. Lilla was beautifully warm...
5. CHAPTER V."Lo here hath been dawning Another blue day; Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of eternity This new day is born, Into eternity At night will return." THOMAS CARLYLE.
6. CHAPTER VI."Poor and uncared for, Toiling not learning, What can I do That will earn me renown? Living and loving, No useful work spurning, Faithful to death Thou shalt win thee a crown."—...
7. CHAPTER VII."One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each; Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach." A. A. PROCTER.
8. CHAPTER VIII.It had been a dull day. The darkness had closed in so early that it seemed to Lilla as if they had sat there for an hour or more, and she was getting terribly impatient. She had...
9. CHAPTER IX.MARGIE was in high feather. She had been in Mrs. Eden's service six months now, and had earned money enough to buy herself a tidy Sunday dress, besides which Mrs. Eden had promi...
10. CHAPTER X.MARGIE thought a good deal about her cousin's words as she ran back to the lodge, and she could not help acknowledging the justice of them. Her father certainly had more money t...
11. CHAPTER XI.MRS. RUST'S recovery was much hastened by Margie's presence at home, especially as she knew that, through the kindness of her young mistress, the forced holiday would in no way...
12. CHAPTER XII."Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever: Do noble things, not dream them, all day long; And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song." KINGSLEY.