Outcast Robin

Or

Your Brother and Mine

A Cry from the Great City

BY

L. T. MEADE

AUTHOR OF "SCAMP AND I," "A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY," "GREAT ST. BENEDICT'S," ETC.

"Am I my brother's keeper?"

NEW EDITION

LONDON JOHN F. SHAW AND CO. 43 PATERNOSTER ROW

CONTENTS.

PART I.

HIS PARENTAGE AND TRUE DESCENT.

CHAP.

I. The New Baby was called Robin

II. No one can say the Dolphin was not doing its Work well

III. "Would it not be possible to get rid of the Baby?"

PART II.

WHAT WE DID FOR HIM.

I. We placed him in the Home provided by us for such cases

II. The Deed was done which was to alter Robin's Life

III. Helen put Robin into the Dead Child's Place

IV. The Woman was growing Human

PART III.

WHAT WE DID NOT DO FOR HIM.

I. Though she was a Thief, yet Robin should be Honest

II. He was no longer her Guardian Angel

III. Crime showed him only her Smiling Face

IV. The Shops from End to End were widely open

V. Even Justice and the Law might have stood still

PART IV.

HOW HE FARED.

I. His Brother—the Philanthropist

II. What the Country Folks did for him

III. The Shelter of the Streets

IV. Honesty was not the Best Policy

PART V.

HIS FATHER AND OURS TO THE RESCUE.

I. A Little Child shall lead them

II. How the Street Children Live

III. Somebody Rescued Nobody's Neighbour