LS 139
XVI. THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC 148
XVII. A DISASTROUS BONFIRE 158
XVIII. NANCY PACKS UP 167
XIX. AN UNPLEASANT MOMENT 176
XX. SARAH'S FIRST STEP TO CONQUEST 185
XXI. CLAY'S MILLS PLAYING 194
XXII. 'FURRINERS' IN OUSEBANK! 204
XXIII. OUTWITTED 214
XXIV. GOOD-BYE TO BALMORAL 224
XXV. 'A BAD BUSINESS' 234
XXVI. TRUE YORKSHIRE GRIT 244
XXVII. SARAH IS MUCH IMPROVED 254
XXVIII. SARAH BECOMES A BUSINESS WOMAN 264
XXIX. 'A MIRACLE' 274
XXX. LAST 283

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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He took Sarah by the hand and pulled her up on to the bank
_Frontispiece._

He took his young niece's arm and followed his sister-in-law
into the drawing-room 21

'I'm so glad you've called me "lass"! I was so hoping
some one would' 69

'Ask the band to play "La Rinka," Sarah,' cried Horatia 105

'We've come to say there's two men been turned off
because they've been ill, and boys put on in their
place' 132

As the two stood and watched the air-ship something
dropped from it 220

Sarah's School Friend.

CHAPTER I.

A MILL-HAND'S MANSION.

'It's a dreadful thing to have a father you don't respect,' said Sarah
Clay, as she walked into the gilded and beautifully painted drawing-room
of the aforesaid father's mansion in Yorkshire.

Her mother gave a little, sharp scream, and let fall the book she was
holding in her hand.

Sarah came forward swiftly, picked it up, and turned it over to look at
the title, at sight of which she said, with a little laugh, 'What a
humbug you are, mother! You know you've never read a single word of this
book.'

Mrs Clay's face flushed crimson. ''Ow dare you talk similar to that,
Sarah?' Only she pronounced it fairly with a true cockney accent, and
left out all h