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Title: The Boy Artist.
A Tale for the Young

Author: F.M. S.

Release Date: May 15, 2008 [EBook #25478]

Language: English

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THE BOY-ARTIST.

[Illustration: THE PICTURE.]

[Illustration]

THE BOY ARTIST

A TALE FOR THE YOUNG

T. NELSON AND SONS,
LONDON, EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK

[Illustration]

THE BOY-ARTIST.

A Tale for the Young.

_BY THE AUTHOR OF_

_"HOPE ON," "KING JACK OF HAYLANDS," ETC._

* * * * *

"When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me
up."

PSALM xxvii. 10.

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LONDON:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.

1872.

Contents.

THE BOY-ARTIST--

I. THE PICTURE, 7
II. THE RESOLVE, 20
III. THE FEVER, 29
IV. THE FRIEND, 45
V. THE INVITATION, 57
VI. THE SURPRISE, 66
VII. THE SUCCESS, 82

TOWN DAISIES--

I. A LONELY LIFE, 87
II. TRANSPLANTED DAISIES, 106

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THE BOY-ARTIST.

CHAPTER I.

THE PICTURE.

"Oh, Madge, just stay as you are; there--your head a little more turned
this way."

"But, Raymond, I can't possibly make the toast if I do."

"Never mind the toast; I shan't be many minutes," said the boy who was
painting in the window, while he mixed some colours in an excited, eager
manner.

"The fire is very hot. Mayn't I move just to one side?"

"No; it is the way that the firelight is falling on your hair and cheek
that I want. Please, Madge; five minut