FOUR GATES
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THE DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON LIFE OF FOUR YOUNG WOMEN
BY
AMY LE FEUVRE
Author of "Probable Sons," "Herself and Her Boy," etc.
PICKERING & INGLIS
LONDON GLASGOW EDINBURGH
LONDON • • 14 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.4 GLASGOW • • 229 BOTHWELL STREET, C.2 EDINBURGH • 29 GEORGE IV BRIDGE, 1 NEW YORK • LOIZEAUX BROS., 19 WEST 21ST ST. GOLDEN CROWN LIBRARY OF STORIES BY AUTHORS OF HIGH REPUTE 1 HERSELF AND HER BOY AMY LE FEUVRE 3 HER HUSBAND'S HOME E. EVERETT GREEN 4 PEPPER & CO ESTHER E. ENOCK 5 ELDWYTH'S CHOICE L. A. BARTER SNOW 6 MARTYRLAND ROBERT SIMPSON 7 ANDY MAN AMY LE FEUVRE 9 FOUR GATES AMY LE FEUVRE 11 A MADCAP FAMILY AMY LE FEUVRE 12 NORAH'S VICTORY L. A. BARTER SNOW 13 JOAN'S HANDFUL AMY LE FEUVRE 14 CORAL CHARLOTTE MURRAY 15 SOME BUILDERS AMY LE FEUVRE 16 AGNES DEWSBURY L. A. BARTER SNOW 17 MARGARET'S STORY MARJORIE DOUGLAS 18 'TWIXT ALTAR AND PLOUGH L. A. BARTER SNOW 19 TRUE TO THE LAST E. EVERETT GREEN 20 MY LADY'S GOLDEN FOOTPRINTS E. E. ENOCK 21 NORAH: A GIRL OF GRIT BETH J. C. HARRIS 22 HER LITTLE KINGDOM L. A. BARTER SNOW 23 BRAVE BROTHERS E. M. STOOKE 24 A COUNTRY CORNER AMY LE FEUVRE 25 THE HOME OF THE AYLMERS MARJORIE DOUGLAS 26 O CARRY ME BACK! E. A. BLAND 27 MONICA'S CHOICE FLORA E. BERRY 28 A STUDY IN GOLD GRACE PETTMAN Made and Printed in Great Britain
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. FOUR LIVES
II. FACING WEST
III. FACING NORTH AND EAST
IV. FACING SOUTH
V. AN UNFORTUNATE INTERVIEW
VI. UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT
VII. BEATEN
VIII. A FRESH SPHERE
IX. AN INVALID'S WHIM
X. OLDER AND WISER
XI. AN IDEAL TEACHER
XII. AN EMPTY SHRINE
XIII. CONFIDENCES
XIV. BATTLING TOWARDS THE SHORE
XV. A FATHER AND CHILD
XVI. WANTED
XVII. A TURN FROM THE EAST
XVIII. THE HELPER
XIX. NEGLECTED DUTY
XX. THE HOLIDAYS
XXI. HOMELESS
XXII. MOTHERHOOD
XXIII. A BABY'S LIFEWORK
XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL
XXV. TWO LETTERS
XXVI. COME BACK
XXVII. SUMMONED TO PART
ILLUSTRATIONS
DR. VERNON TURNED FURIOUSLY TO AUDREY. Frontispiece
"I HAVE A FANCY," SAID MRS. DAVENTRY, "THAT EACH ONE OF US MAY BE ENTERING THAT CITY THROUGH DIFFERENT GATES."
PAULINE'S TONE WAS DESPERATE. "WE THINK MOTHER IS GETTING WORSE. IS SHE?"
THE DOCTOR SHOUTED, AND AUDREY AND HE STOPPED TO LISTEN.
"BUT YOU WON'T LIVE ALONE," SAID MR. DANBY. "WHY NOT?" REPLIED PAULINE.
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