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Title: Eyebright
A Story

Author: Susan Coolidge

Release Date: November 10, 2008 [EBook #27223]

Language: English

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EYEBRIGHT.

_A STORY._

By SUSAN COOLIDGE,

AUTHOR OF "THE NEW YEAR'S BARGAIN," "WHAT KATY DID,"
"WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL," "MISCHIEF'S THANKSGIVING,"
"NINE LITTLE GOSLINGS."

With Illustrations.

BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1894.

_Copyright_,
By Roberts Brothers.
1879.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
John Wilson & Son, Cambridge.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LADY JANE AND LORD GUILDFORD 1

II. AFTER SCHOOL 18

III. MR. JOYCE 43

IV. A DAY WITH THE SHAKERS 66

V. HOW THE BLACK DOG HAD HIS DAY 85

VI. CHANGES 104

VII. BETWEEN THE OLD HOME AND THE NEW 122

VIII. CAUSEY ISLAND 143

IX. SHUT UP IN THE OVEN 166

X. A LONG YEAR IN A SHORT CHAPTER 188

XI. A STORM ON THE COAST 204

XII. TRANSPLANTED 226

EYEBRIGHT.

CHAPTER I.

LADY JANE AND LORD GUILDFORD.

[Illustration: "THE FALCON'S NEST."]

It wanted but five minutes to twelve in Miss Fitch's schoolroom, and a
general restlessness showed that her scholars were aware of the fact.
Some of the girls had closed their books, and were putting their desks
to rights, with a good deal of unnecessary fuss, keeping