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Queen's Treasures Series
A Flat Iron For A Farthing
or
Some Passages in the Life of an only Son
by
Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrated by
M. V. Wheelhouse
George Bell & Sons
London
1908.
Dedicated
TO MY DEAR FATHER,
AND TO HIS SISTER, MY DEAR AUNT MARY,
IN MEMORY OF
THEIR GOOD FRIEND AND NURSE,
E. B.
OBIT 3 MARCH, 1872, ÆT. 83.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING
CHAPTER I
MOTHERLESS
CHAPTER II
"THE LOOK"—RUBENS—MRS. BUNDLE AGAIN
CHAPTER III
THE DARK LADY—TROUBLE IMPENDING—BEAUTIFUL, GOLDEN MAMMA
CHAPTER IV
AUNT MARIA—THE ENEMY ROUTED—LONDON TOWN
CHAPTER V
MY COUSINS—MISS BLOMFIELD—THE BOY IN BLACK
CHAPTER VI
THE LITTLE BARONET—DOLLS—CINDER PARCELS—THE OLD GENTLEMAN NEXT DOOR—THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
CHAPTER VII
POLLY AND I RESOLVE TO BE "VERY RELIGIOUS"—DR. PEPJOHN—THE ALMS-BOX—THE BLIND BEGGAR
CHAPTER VIII
VISITING THE SICK
CHAPTER IX
"PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE"
CHAPTER X
CONVALESCENCE—MATRIMONIAL INTENTIONS—THE JOURNEY TO OAKFORD—OUR WELCOME
CHAPTER XI
THE TINSMITH'S—THE BEAVER BONNETS—A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING—I FAIL TO SECURE A SISTER—RUBENS AND THE DOLL
CHAPTER XII
THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN—THE MEADS—THE DROWNED DOLL
CHAPTER XIII
POLLY—THE PEW AND THE PULPIT—THE FATE OF THE FLAT IRON
CHAPTER XIV
RUBENS AND I "DROP IN" AT THE RECTORY—GARDENS AND GARDENERS—MY FATHER COMES FOR ME
CHAPTER XV
NURSE BUNDLE IS MAGNANIMOUS—MR. GRAY—AN EXPLANATION WITH MY FATHER
CHAPTER XVI
THE REAL MR. GRAY—NURSE BUNDLE REGARDS HIM WITH DISFAVOUR
CHAPTER XVII
I FAIL TO TEACH LATIN TO MRS. BUNDLE—THE RECTOR TEACHES ME
CHAPTER XVIII
THE ASTHMATIC OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS RIDDLES—I PLAY TRUANT AGAIN—IN THE BIG GARDEN
CHAPTER XIX
THE TUTOR—THE PARISH—A NEW CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ALMS-BOX
CHAPTER XX
THE TUTOR'S PROPOSAL—A TEACHERS' MEETING
CHAPTER XXI
OAKFORD ONCE MORE—THE SATIN CHAIRS—THE HOUSEKEEPER—THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN—FAMILY MONUMENTS
CHAPTER XXII
NURSE BUNDLE FINDS A VOCATION—RAGGED ROBIN'S WIFE—MRS. BUNDLE'S IDEAS ON HUSBANDS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES
CHAPTER XXIII
I GO TO ETON—MY MASTER—I SERVE HIM WELL
CHAPTER XXIV
COLLECTIONS—LEO'S LETTER—NURSE BUNDLE AND SIR LIONEL
CHAPTER XXV
THE DEATH OF RUBENS—POLLY'S NEWS—LAST TIMES
CHAPTER XXVI
I HEAR FROM MR. JONATHAN ANDREWES—YORKSHIRE—ALATHEA ALIAS BETTY—WE BURY OUR DEAD OUT OF OUR SIGHT—VOICES OF THE NORTH
CHAPTER XXVII
THE NEW RECTOR—AUNT MARIA TRIES TO FIND HIM A WIFE—MY FATHER HAS A SIMILAR CARE FOR ME
CHAPTER XXVIII
I BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE BROKEN-HEARTED—MARIA IN LOVE—I MAKE AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE, WHICH IS NEITHER ACCEPTED NOR REFUSED
CHAPTER XXIX
THE FUTURE LADY DAMER—POLLY HAS A SECRET—UNDER THE MULBERRY-TREE
CHAPTER XXX
I MEET THE HEIRESS—I FIND MYSELF MISTAKEN ON MANY POINTS—A NEW KNOT IN THE FAMILY COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER XXXI
MY LADY FRANCES—THE FUTURE LADY DAMER—WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AT LAST
CHAPTER XXXII
WE COME HOME—MRS. BUNDLE QUITS SERVICE
THE END
The Queen's Treasures Series
LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS
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