eford equal to the emergency--Edith thrown off the
track

CHAPTER XIII. Edith is satisfied that her babe is alive--She has a
desire to teach the children of the poor--"My baby may become like one
of these"--She hears of a baby which has been stolen--Resolves to go
and see it, and to apply to Mr. Paulding of the Briar street mission for
assistance in her attempt--Mr. Paulding persuades her that it is best
not to see the child, and promises that he himself will look after
it--Returns home--Her father remonstrates with her, finally promises to
help her

CHAPTER XIV. Mr. Dinneford sets out for the mission-house--An incident
on the way--Encounters Mr. Paulding--Mr. Paulding makes his report--"The
vicious mark their offspring with unmistakable signs of moral depravity;
this baby has signs of a better origin"--A profitable conversation--"I
think you had better act promptly"

CHAPTER XV. Mr. Dinneford with a policeman goes in quest of the
baby--The baby is gone--Inquiries--Mr. Dinneford resolves to
persevere--Cause of the baby's disappearance--Pinky Swett's
curiosity--Change of baby's nurse--Baby's improved condition--Baby's
first experience of motherly tenderness--Baby's first smile--"Such
beautiful eyes"--Pinky Swett visits the St. John mission-school--Edith
is not there

CHAPTER XVI. Mr. Dinneford's return, and Edith's disappointment--"It
is somebody's baby, and it may be mine"--An unsuspected listener--Mrs.
Dinneford acts promptly--Conference between Mrs. Dinneford and Mrs.
Hoyt, _alias_ Bray--The child must be got out of the way--"If it will
not starve, it must drown"--Mrs. Dinneford sees an acquaintance as
she leaves Mrs. Hoyt's, and endeavors to escape his observation--A new
danger and disgrace awaiting her

CHAPTER XVII. Mental conditions of mother and daughter--Mr. Dinneford
aroused to a sense of his moral responsibilities--The heathen in
our midst--The united evil of policy-lotteries and whisky-shops--The
education of the policy-shops

CHAPTER XVIII. News item: "A child drowned"--Another news item: Pinky
Swett sentenced to prison for robbery--Baby's improved
condition--Mrs. Burke's efforts to retain the baby after Pinky Swett's
imprisonment--Baby Andy's rough life in the street--Mrs. Burke's
death--Cast upon the world--Andy's adventures--He finds a home and a
friend

CHAPTER XIX. Mr. Dinneford visits the mission-school--A comparison of
the present with the past--The first mission-school--Reminiscences of
th