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DEAR LITTLE

GIRL

AMY E. BLANCHARD

WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.

RACINE, WIS.

Printed in the United States of America by Western Printing &Lithographing Co. Racine, Wisconsin

CHAPTER I.
AN ACCIDENT	9
CHAPTER II.
GETTING SETTLED	21
CHAPTER III.
WHAT HAPPENED	35
CHAPTER IV.
MAGGIE'S CASE	49
CHAPTER V.
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE	63
CHAPTER VI.
THE FAIR	74
CHAPTER VII.
WHERE THE DOLL WENT	88
CHAPTER VIII.
A PECK OF TROUBLE	103
CHAPTER IX.
ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS	116
CHAPTER X.
MORE SURPRISES	128
CHAPTER XI.
ADOPTED	141
CHAPTER XII.
THE RUNAWAY	155
CHAPTER XIII.
PLEASANT CHANGES	168

Chapter I

AN ACCIDENT.

"It will be a fine opportunity for Edna," said Mrs. Conway.

Edna did not like that word opportunity; it always seemed to her that itmeant something unpleasant. She had noticed that when pleasant things came alongthey were rarely spoken of as "opportunities," but were just happenings.So she sat with her little sturdy legs dangling down from the sofa, and a verysober look upon her round face, while her busy, dimpled hands were foldedquietly.

Her mother leaned over, and took the plump little fingers in hers, givingthem a squeeze. "It will be an opportunity," she repeated, as her eyes restedfondly on the child by her side; "but she is only eight, and it seems likepushing her out of the nest before her wings are ready, poor birdie!"

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