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'TILDA JANE
Works of
Marshall Saunders
Rose à Charlitte
Her Sailor
Deficient Saints
For His Country and Grandmother and
the Crow
'Tilda Jane
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY,
Publishers
200 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
'TILDA JANE
AN ORPHAN IN SEARCH OF A HOME
A Story for Boys and Girls
BY
MARSHALL SAUNDERS
AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "FOR HIS COUNTRY,"
"ROSE À CHARLITTE," "HER SAILOR,"
"DEFICIENT SAINTS," ETC.
Illustrated by
CLIFFORD CARLETON
By courtesy of The Youth's Companion
"My brother, when thou seest a poor man,
behold in him a mirror of the Lord."
—St. Francis of Assisi.
BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
1901
Copyright, 1901
By Perry Mason Company
Copyright, 1901
By L. C. Page & Company
(Incorporated)
All rights reserved
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
I DEDICATE THIS STORY TO
EMILE HUGUENIN, JEAN BRUN,
GERALD MUIR, SANFORD ROTHENBURG,
HARRY KRUGER, MAUGHS BROWN,
AND
ROBBIE MACLEAN,
BOYS OF BELMONT SCHOOL WHO USED TO GATHER ROUND ME
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AND BEG FOR A MANUSCRIPT
READING OF THE TRIALS OF MY ORPHAN
IN SEARCH OF A HOME.