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Title: Leslie Ross:
or, Fond of a Lark

Author: Charles Bruce

Release Date: June 17, 2008 [EBook #25827]

Language: English

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LESLIE ROSS:

OR,

Fond of a Lark.

BY
CHARLES BRUCE,
AUTHOR OF "MY BEAUTIFUL HOME," ETC.

EDINBURGH:
WILLIAM P. NIMMO.

1871.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

CHAPTER I.

Why Leslie Ross was Sent to School, 5

CHAPTER II.

Leslie's Introduction to Ascot House, 17

CHAPTER III.

Pea-Shooting, and What Came of it, 29

CHAPTER IV.

The Linchpin, 40

CHAPTER V.

A Memorable Holiday, 55

CHAPTER VI.

One Ned, 72

CHAPTER VII.

The Flood, 91

CHAPTER I.

WHY LESLIE ROSS WAS SENT TO SCHOOL.

If ever a boy had kind parents and a happy home, that boy was Leslie
Ross. He was an only child, and as such the love and care of both
father and mother centered upon and surrounded him. He had once had
a baby sister, whom he recollected to have kissed several times--and
once when her cheeks were very, very cold and pale--but in a few days
she had faded away; and now the love which she would have shared was
all his, and the care which she would have demanded was expended upon
him.

Never were parents so careful that the childhood of a son should be
surrounded by pleasant associations and memories, as were Mr and Mrs
Ross. They would whisper to each other, while labouring to procure
some fresh pleasure for Leslie, "We do not know what his future life
may be; it may be a rough and rugged one; it may not be a very happy
one; we shall be unable