married
Another and had ten children, "five of each," none of them of course
equal to Ethel's children, of whom in a remarkably short time there
were seven, which the authoress evidently considers to be the right
"idear."

It seems to me to be a remarkable work [Pg xviii] for a child, remarkable
even in its length and completeness, for when children turn author they
usually stop in the middle, like the kitten when it jumps. The
pencilled MS. has been accurately reproduced, not a word added or cut
out. Each chapter being in one long paragraph, however, this has been
subdivided for the reader's comfort.
J. M. BARRIE.

[Pg xix]
CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

1 Quite a Young Girl 23

2 Starting Gaily 27

3 The First Evening 36

4 Mr. Salteenas Plan 41

5 The Crystal Palace 45

6 High Life 59

7 Bernards Idear 74

8 A Gay Call 79

9 A Proposale 88

10 Preparing for the Fray 95

11 The Wedding 99

12 How It Ended 102

THE YOUNG VISITERS

[Pg 23]
The Young Visiters

CHAPTER 1

QUITE A YOUNG GIRL

Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking peaple to
stay with him. He had quite a young girl staying with him of 17 named
Ethel Monticue. Mr Salteena had dark short hair and mustache and
wiskers which were very black and twisty. He was middle sized and he
had very pale blue eyes. He had a pale brown suit but on Sundays he
had a black one and he had a topper every day as he thorght it more
becoming. Ethel Monticue had fair hair done on the top and blue eyes.
She had a blue velvit frock which had grown rarther short in the
sleeves. She had a black straw hat and kid gloves.

[Pg 24]
One morning Mr Salteena came down to brekfast and found Ethel had come
down first which was strange. Is the tea made Ethel he said rubbing
his hands. Yes said Ethel and such a quear shaped parcel has come for
you Yes indeed it was a quear shape parcel it was a hat box tied down