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SEATING HERSELF ON A FALLEN LOG, AND GAZING DOWN UPON THE SMILING VALLEYS BELOW, JOAN FELL INTO A REVERIE.
JOAN'S HANDFUL
BY
AMY LE FEUVRE
Author of "Herself and Her Boy," "Four Gates," etc.
GOLDEN CROWN SERIES
PICKERING & INGLIS
14 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C.4 229 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW, C.2
GOLDEN CROWN LIBRARY
1 HERSELF AND HER BOY BY AMY LE FEUVRE 2 MINISTERING CHILDREN BY M. L. CHARLESWORTH 3 HER HUSBAND'S HOME BY EVELYN EVERETT GREEN 4 PEPPER & CO. BY ESTHER E. ENOCK S ELDWYTH'S CHOICE BY LAURA A. BARTER-SNOW 6 MARTYRLAND BY ROBERT SIMPSON 7 ANDY MAN BY AMY LE FEUVRE 8 THE BASKETMAKER'S SHOP BY M. L. CHARLESWORTH 9 FOUR GATES BY AMY LE FEUVRE 10 URSULA BY LAURA A. BARTER-SNOW 11 A MADCAP FAMILY BY AMY LE FEUVRE 12 NORAH'S VICTORY BY LAURA A. BARTER-SNOW 13 JOAN'S HANDFUL BY AMY LE FEUVRE
Made and Printed in Great Britain
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
1. THE PAINTER
2. THE TRAVELLERS
3. A BUSY DAY
4. RECTORY LIFE
5. RENUNCIATION
6. A MOTHER'S CONFIDENCES
7. THE MAJOR'S HOSPITALITY
8. AN ENCOUNTER WITH WILMOT
9. JOAN'S GODMOTHER
10. OFF TO THE RIVIERA
11. LITERARY ATTEMPTS
12. TROUBLE AT ROLLESTON COURT
13. A FATEFUL TELEGRAM
14. STRUGGLING IN THE NET
15. DERRICK TO THE RESCUE
16. JOAN'S ILLNESS
17. A VISIT TO IRELAND
18. THE CHURCH IN THE HILLS
19. CECIL'S ENGAGEMENT
20. BANTY'S ACCIDENT
21. A CHANCE FOR CECIL
22. HEART TO HEART
23. THE LUCK OF ROLLESTON COURT
ILLUSTRATIONS.
SEATING HERSELF ON A FALLEN LOG, AND GAZING DOWN UPON THE SMILING VALLEYS BELOW, JOAN FELL INTO A REVERIE Frontispiece JOAN WENT DOWN ON HER KNEES BEFORE HER MOTHER IMPULSIVELY, AND TOOK HER HANDS IN HERS JOAN AND BANTY CHATTED TOGETHER IN LIGHT-HEARTED FASHION WHEN THEY WERE SITTING DOWN WATCHING FOR THE KETTLE TO BOIL SHE WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT AND PRAYER WHEN A WELL-KNOWN VOICE MADE JOAN START JOAN HEARD A CHILD'S SHRILL CRY FOR HELP, AND LOOKING OUT UPON A ROCK CLOSE TO THE SEA, SHE SAW A SMALL FIGURE WAVING A HANDKERCHIEF
"BETTER IS AN HANDFUL WITH QUIETNESS, THAN BOTH THE HANDS FULL WITH TRAVAIL AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT" (ECCLES. iv. 6).
JOAN'S HANDFUL