g Roy_ (1883); _Hermie's Rose-Buds and Other
Stories_; _How it all Came Round_; _Two Sisters_ (1884); _Autocrat of
the Nursery_; _Tip Cat_; _Scarlet Anemones_; _The Band of Three_; _A
Little Silver Trumpet_; _Our Little Ann_; _The Angel of Love_ (1885); _A
World of Girls_ (1886); _Beforehand_; _Daddy's Boy_; _The O'Donnells of
Inchfawn_; _The Palace Beautiful_; _Sweet Nancy_ (1887); _Deb and the
Duchess_ (1888); _Nobody's Neighbors_; _Pen_ (1888); _A Girl from
America_ (1907).

CONTENTS

I. BIG BEN'S VOICE. 1
II. A SERVANT OF GOD. 3
III. GOOD SECURITY. 7
IV. SOLITARY HOURS. 9
V. EAGER WORDS. 10
VI. DIFFERENT SORT OF WORK. 12
VII. SHOPPING. 21
VIII. COMPARISONS. 26
IX. A TRIP INTO THE COUNTRY. 31
X. THE RETURN TO LONDON. 35
XI. A NEW DEPARTURE. 44
XII. LEFT ALONE. 48
XIII. PETER HARRIS. 60
XIV. THE SEARCH. 66
XV. CONCENTRATION OF PURPOSE. 69
XVI. PICKLES. 74
XVII. CINDERELLA. 78
XVIII. THE METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE. 79
XIX. A SAINTLY LADY. 83
XX. CAUGHT AGAIN. 87
XXI. SAFE HOME AT LAST. 94
XXII. NEWS OF SUE. 105
XXIII. AMATEUR DETECTIVE. 109
XXIV. MOTHER AND SON. 112
XXV. ABOUT RONALD. 113
XXVI. TWO CUPS OF COFFEE. 124
XXVII. DELAYED TRIAL. 127
XXVIII. CINDERELLA WOULD SHIELD THE REAL THIEF. 130
XXIX. A LITTLE HEROINE. 132
XXX. WHAT WAS HARRIS TO HER? 134
XXXI. A STERN RESOLVE. 136
XXXII. AN UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT. 137
XXXIII. A POINTED QUESTION. 138
XXXIV. PICKLES TO THE FORE AGAIN. 141
XXXV. THE WIN