The Squire's Little Girl

Nurse did not often take the bit between her teeth, as she expressed it, but the time had now come when, in her opinion, she ought to do so. Accordingly she made an excuse to go...

Ralph Hilchester had never felt better pleased in the whole course of his life than when he got Phyllis's letter. That she should tell him that she was in trouble was more delig...

"You need not be at all alarmed about your little girl--my children are often out hours and hours at a time, and I assure you that I never dream of fidgeting; they eventually co...

When happy times are wrong and come to an end, one generally goes through some bad moments. This was the case on the special occasion which I am describing. Loud was the fun in...

"What stupid things they are!" said Phyllis, forgetting for a minute the excitement which the thought of her little guests had given her, in her dismay at the appearance of the...

Phyllis was so tired after her day of exciting adventure that she slept quite soundly. She had no bad dreams in her sleep, and when she awoke in the morning and looked round her...

Phyllis came home quite late. Her habit was torn; Bob, the pony, was covered with mud; mud had also been splashed all over the little girl's neat costume--even her face and hand...

A very malignant form of scarlet-fever had showed itself already in the village, and the Rector's children were some of the first victims. To say that Miss Fleet was shocked whe...

The Squire's little daughter rode her pony down the avenue. She stopped for a moment at the gate, and the children at the other side could get a good view of her. There were fou...

"_I_ wish you to listen to me--to be attentive and no longer impertinent. I'm tired of punishing you. You have been a very naughty girl, but I am willing to forgive you and to r...

When Phyllis awoke the next morning she had the pleasureable sensation down deep in her heart that something very agreeable was about to happen. For a time she lay still, huggin...