rwell Brown
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Published September, 1904

_Oh, give me for a little space
To see with childlike eyes
This curious world, our dwelling-place
Of wonder and surprise. . . ._

_The long, long road from Day to Night
Winds on through constant change,
Whereon one hazards with delight
Adventures new and strange;_

_The wonders of the earth and sky!
The magic of the sea!
The mysteries of beast and fly,
Of bird and flower and tree!_

_One feels the breath of holy things
Unseen along the road,
The whispering of angel wings,
The neighboring of Good._

_And Beauty must be good and true,
One battles for her sake;
But Wickedness is foul to view,
So one cannot mistake. . . ._

_Ah, give me with the childlike sight
The simple tongue and clear
Wherewith to read the vision right
Unto a childish ear._

Acknowledgments are due the publishers of _The
Churchman_ for permission to reprint "The Flower
Princess" and "The Little Friend;" also to the
_Brown Book_ of Boston for permission to use "The
Ten Blowers," which first appeared in that
magazine.

CONTENTS

THE FLOWER PRINCESS 1

THE LITTLE FRIEND 45

THE MERMAID'S CHILD 67

THE TEN BLOWERS 103

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LET HIM PROVE IT (page 31) _Frontispiece_

THE PRINCESS FLEURETTE 10

UNTIL SHE CLAPPED HER HANDS FOR JOY 18

UNTIL HELP COMES 56

YOU WILL BRING HIM BACK TO ME? 86

ONE MORE BLOW FOR OUR KING 124

THE FLOWER PRINCESS

I

ONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess named Fleurette, who
lived in a white marble palace on the top of a high hill. The Princess
Fleurette was very fond of flowers, and all around the palace, from the
very gates thereof, a fair garden, full of all kinds of wonderful
plants, sloped down to the foot of the hill, where it was snugly
inclosed with a high marble wall. Thus the hill was like a great nosegay
rising up in the midst of the land