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Title: Littlebourne Lock

Author: F. Bayford Harrison

Release Date: July 3, 2008 [EBook #25959]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "I'VE SPILT THE SOUP, AND BROKE THE JUG."]

LITTLEBOURNE LOCK.

BY

F. BAYFORD HARRISON,

Author of "Brothers in Arms;" "Battlefield Treasure;"
"Missy;" &c.

_ILLUSTRATED._

LONDON:

BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED, 49 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN.

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CONTENTS.

CHAP. Page

I. THE LOCK-HOUSE, 7

II. NO. 103, 19

III. JULIET MITCHELL, 32

IV. THE "PRETTY CHURCHYARD," 44

V. ON THE RIVER, 59

VI. MISSING! 73

VII. FOUND! 80

VIII. BETTERING HERSELF, 93

IX. BACK IN LONDON, 108

X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE "TURKEYS PIN," 120

XI. A THOROUGH CHANGE, 135

XII. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. 150

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LITTLEBOURNE LOCK.

CHAPTER I.

THE LOCK-HOUSE.

The mist of a July morning shrouded the river and its banks. It was a
soft thin mist, not at all like a winter fog, and through it, and high
above it, the sun was shining, and the larks singing; and Edward
Rowles, the lock-keeper, knew well that within an hour or two the
brightest sunshine would gladden England's river Thames.

He came out from his house, which was overgrown