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THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER
Vol. XX.—No. 1027.]
[Price One Penny.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1899.
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“UPS AND DOWNS.”
MRS. EWING AND HER BOOKS.
LETTERS FROM A LAWYER.
GIRLS AS I HAVE KNOWN THEM.
SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE.
MY MOTHER.
FROM LONDON TO DAMASCUS.
VARIETIES.
THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.
USEFUL CANTATAS AND OPERETTAS FOR GIRLS.
THREE GIRL-CHUMS, AND THEIR LIFE IN LONDON ROOMS.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“UPS ANDDOWNS.”
A TRUE STORYOF NEW YORKLIFE.
By N. O. LORIMER.
ADA.
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CHAPTER I.
Ada Nicoli was justeighteen when my storyopens. She was thedaughter of a wealthyNew York stock-broker,who took little thoughtof the welfare of hiswife and children. Indeed,he had little timeto devote to anythingoutside the interests ofWall Street. He wentto business early inthe morning before hisfamily were down, andreturned in the eveningjust in time for dinner,so weary and exhaustedthat very often he dinedalone in his study to savethe necessity of changinghis business suit forevening dress.
Ada was a beautifulgirl who had been indulgedin a way whichwould seem almost impossiblein the eyes ofan English child. Beforeshe was twelveyears old she had asmany jewels in herjewel-case as a wealthyEnglish girl might hopeto have at her wedding.She had a little ponyphaeton of her own,drawn by a pair of perfectly-trainedponies,and guarded by a smallnigger page in buttons.Ada Nicoli was the envy of all the other children of heracquaintance. She had been brought up by her dotingmother to think of little else but her own pleasure andbeauty. She had two sisters, a good many years youngerthan herself, w