Front matter

Transcriber's notes: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

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WE STOOD TALKING ON THE PLATFORM FOR A FEW MINUTES.

MY BROTHER'S FRIEND.

A New Serial Story

BY

EGLANTON THORNE

Author of

"The Old Worcester Jug," "In London Fields," "The Two Crowns," etc.

The Girl's Own Annual Illustrated

VOL. VII. 1886.

THE LEISURE HOUR OFFICE

56, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER.

I. MABEL'S LIFE BEGINS.

II. IN THE OLD HOUSE.

III. SURPRISES.

IV. MABEL'S WEDDING DAY.

V. BUSINESS WORRIES.

VI. WHAT A DAY BROUGHT FORTH.

VII. MAKING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

VIII. A QUIET HOME.

IX. I EXPLORE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, AND BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH MR. LEONARD GLYNNE.

X. SWEET AND BITTER; FLOWERS AND THORNS.

XI. AT BEECHWOOD.

XII. THE WINTER BRINGS TROUBLE.

XIII. RALPH CLAIMS A FRIEND'S PRIVILEGE.

XIV. "WHERE NATURE'S HEART BEATS STRONG AMID THE HILLS."

XV. REVELATIONS.

XVI. A FAIR, GLAD DAY, AND THE NIGHT THAT FOLLOWED IT.

XVII. MY BROTHER LEAVES ME.

XVIII. I VISIT THE OLD HOUSE AT WEYLEA, BUT MISS THE WONTED WELCOME.

XIX. A WOEFUL MISTAKE.

XX. I BECOME A GUEST AT THE TOWERS.

XXI. A MISAPPREHENSION REMOVED.

XXII. SICKNESS AND SORROW.

XXIII. A PLEDGE OF FRIENDSHIP.

XXIV. WRITE A LETTER WHICH I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SEND.

MY BROTHER'S FRIEND.