Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
IT was recess, and most of the girls in the middle department of Miss Warner's school were gathered on the steps of the portico, as Laura Bartlett, who had not been in school the first part of the afternoon, made her appearance, evidently full of some great piece of informatio...
IT was recess, and most of the girls in the middle department of Miss Warner's school were gathered on the steps of the portico, as Laura Bartlett, who had not been in school th...
2. CHAPTER II.LITTLE Emma Gaylord had been sitting very still for almost half an hour: a very long while for her, for she was a very lively talkative little girl, and was not often quiet long...
3. CHAPTER III.IN about a week, Mr. Kennedy left home to bring back Sophie's new mamma, leaving Nancy and Mrs. Gaylord to make all the necessary arrangements for her reception. He expected to...
4. CHAPTER IV.THE next day, which was Saturday, was occupied by Mrs. Kennedy in making acquaintance with the house, and in unpacking and putting away the contents of her travelling trunks. So...
5. CHAPTER V.SOPHIE'S lessons went on more smoothly for a few days, and she made abundant resolutions to be more steady and industrious, but she relied on her own strength to keep them, and...
6. CHAPTER VI.A certain set of girls in Miss Warner's school were very much in the habit of assembling themselves, at noon and in recess, in order to retail such pieces of news and gossip as...
7. CHAPTER VII.FOR several weeks Sophie continued to see a good deal of Laura Bartlett, and she never saw her without being made uncomfortable by her remarks. Mrs. Kennedy saw with great uneas...
8. CHAPTER VIII.FOR some time after the events recorded in the last chapter, Sophie felt rather unwilling to go out, or meet any of her friends. For she could not help feeling as if she had for...
9. CHAPTER IX.AUTUMN passed into winter, and winter into summer, and summer into autumn again, while baby—we beg his pardon—while Freddy grew in mind and body, and waxed prettier and more kno...
10. CHAPTER X.IT was long before Sophie began to recover her cheerfulness at all. She felt that she had forfeited the respect of her best friends, and that was enough to make her unhappy, but...