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Title: Amy Harrison
or Heavenly Seed and Heavenly Dew

Author: Amy Harrison

Release Date: August 20, 2008 [EBook #26369]

Language: English

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AMY HARRISON

OR

HEAVENLY SEED AND HEAVENLY DEW.

[Decoration]

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

[Illustration: A NEW FEELING.
_Page 57._]

CONTENTS.

I. THE WALK, 7

II. AT SCHOOL, 15

III. AT HOME, 30

IV. A NEW LEAF, AND HOW IT WAS FILLED, 34

V. TRY AGAIN, 41

VI. THE TRUTH SETTING FREE, 46

AMY HARRISON.

CHAPTER I.

THE WALK.

One fine Sunday morning two little girls, called Amy and Kitty
Harrison, set out from their mother's cottage to go to the Sunday
school in the neighbouring village. The little hamlet where they lived
was half a mile from the school. In fine weather it was a very
pleasant walk, for the way lay by the side of a little chattering
stream, which fed the roots of many pretty wild flowers; and then,
leaving the valley, the path struck across some corn-fields, which
were now quite yellow for harvest. And even in wet weather the little
girls seldom missed the school; for their mother was a careful woman,
and they themselves loved their teacher and their lessons. Mrs.
Mordaunt, the wife of the clergyman, taught them on Sunday, for both
Amy and Kitty were in the first class.

Amy was tripping lightly along, enjoying the sunshine. Every now and
then she bent down and gathered a wild flower,--the four-leaved yellow
potentilla, or the meadow-sweet, or a spike of golden rod, or a
handful of forget-me-nots, watered by the stream, to make a little
nosegay for her te