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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Little Pollie, by Gertrude P. Dyer This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Little Pollie A Bunch of Violets Author: Gertrude P. Dyer Release Date: December 10, 2006 [EBook #20080] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE POLLIE *** Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "I say, Pollie, how many have yer sold?" Page 8.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LITTLE POLLIE OR A BUNCH OF VIOLETS BY GERTRUDE P. DYER Author of "Armour Clad," "How Hettie Caught the Sunbeams," etc. NEW EDITION John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., Publishers, 3, Pilgrim Street, London, E.C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS. PAGE I. POLLIE STARTS IN BUSINESS 7 II. WHO HAD THE VIOLETS? 17 III. HOW POLLIE SPENT HER MONEY 27 IV. MRS. FLANAGAN 36 V. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 42 VI. ON WATERLOO BRIDGE 52 VII. THE LOST ONE FOUND 65 VIII. SALLY'S FIRST SUNDAY AT CHURCH 73 IX. CRIPPLED JIMMY 81 X. NORA 95 XI. CHRISTMAS EVE 104 XII. IN THE SPRING-TIME 113 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LITTLE POLLIE. CHAPTER I. POLLIE STARTS IN BUSINESS. "A penny a bunch; only a penny, sweet violets," cried a soft little voice, just outside the Bank of England, one morning in early spring; "only a penny a bunch!" But the throng of busy clerks hurrying on to their various places of business heard not that childish voice amidst the confused din of omnibus and cabs, and so she stood, timidly uttering her cry--"Sweet violets!"--unheeded by the passers-by. She was a fragile little creature of about ten years old, small for her age, with shy yet trustful eyes, and soft, brown, cur
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