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Title: A Dear Little Girl

Author: Amy E. Blanchard

Release Date: February 10, 2010 [EBook #31244]

Language: English

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A DEAR LITTLE GIRL

AMY E. BLANCHARD

WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.
RACINE, WIS.

Printed in the United States of America by Western Printing &
Lithographing Co. Racine, Wisconsin

Contents

CHAPTER I.

AN ACCIDENT 9

CHAPTER II.

GETTING SETTLED 21

CHAPTER III.

WHAT HAPPENED 35

CHAPTER IV.

MAGGIE'S CASE 49

CHAPTER V.

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE 63

CHAPTER VI.

THE FAIR 74

CHAPTER VII.

WHERE THE DOLL WENT 88

CHAPTER VIII.

A PECK OF TROUBLE 103

CHAPTER IX.

ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS 116

CHAPTER X.

MORE SURPRISES 128

CHAPTER XI.

ADOPTED 141

CHAPTER XII.

THE RUNAWAY 155

CHAPTER XIII.

PLEASANT CHANGES 168

Chapter I

AN ACCIDENT.

"It will be a fine opportunity for Edna," said Mrs. Conway.

Edna did not like that word opportunity; it always seemed to her that
it meant something unpleasant. She had noticed that when pleasant
things came along they were rarely spoken of as "opportunities," but
were just _happenings_. So she sat with her little sturdy legs
dangling down from the sofa, and a very sober look upon her round
face, while her busy, dimpled hands were folded quietly.

Her mother leaned over, and took the plump little fingers in hers,
giving them a squeeze. "It will be an opportunity," she repeated, as
her eyes rested fondly on the child by her side; "but she is only
eight, and it seems like pu