ITH CO.
Norwood, Mass.
U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. HELEN, 1

II. AN EXCURSION TO HOPE, 20

III. AIR CASTLES WITH FOUNDATIONS, 41

IV. PLANTING OF SMALL SEEDS, 65

V. A GIRL'S DREAMS, 87

VI. HOW THEY ALL PLANNED, 106

VII. SUCCESSFUL, 127

VIII. MRS. VANDORN'S WINNING HAND, 148

IX. DIFFERENT STANDPOINTS, 169

X. BEGINNING ANEW, 196

XI. SCHOOL IN EARNEST, 218

XII. THE COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS, 238

XIII. A LITTLE SEED SOWN, 263

XIV. AND THORNS SPRANG UP, 284

XV. BETWIXT TWO, 306

XVI. HOPE THROUGH A WIDER OUTLOOK, 328

XVII. IN THE DELIGHTFUL CURRENT, 348

XVIII. WRIT IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, 371

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Helen tells her dreams to the old apple-tree.
(_Frontispiece_) 6

Helen put her head down suddenly, and
pressed her lips on the jewelled hand 55

Helen's first day at Aldred House 192

They were winding round into Elm Avenue,
with great bunches of wild flowers and
bright leaves 235

When Helen returned there was a box that
had been sent across the water, with some
pretty laces and a fine neck-chain and
charm 272

He looked like an old picture, but he was a
gentleman, every inch of him 390

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