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He took Sarah by the hand and pulled her up on to the bank.
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Sarah's School Friend BY MAY BALDWIN Author of 'Two Schoolgirls of Florence,' 'Barbara Bellamy,' &c. WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS by Percy Tarrant LONDON: 38 Soho Square, W. W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED EDINBURGH: 339 High Street Philadelphia: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
TO MY KIND FRIENDS OF 'ALDAMS'
CONTENTS
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I.A MILL-HAND'S MANSION1
II.A DREARY BANQUET11
III.STALLED OXEN20
IV.AN UNANSWERED QUESTION31
V.A RELUCTANT INVITATION41
VI.AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER51
VII.HORATIA'S ARRIVAL61
VIII.HORATIA71
IX.A YORKSHIRE MIXTURE81
X.PLAIN SPEAKING CLEARS THE AIR90
XI.HORATIA SPEAKS OUT100
XII.A RINKING-PARTY109
XIII.HORATIA'S INFLUENCE119
XIV.A MILLIONAIRE FOR FIVE MINUTES129
XV.A VISIT TO CLAY'S MILLS139
XVI.THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC148
XVII.A DISASTROUS BONFIRE158
XVIII.NANCY PACKS UP167
XIX.AN UNPLEASANT MOMENT176
XX.SARAH'S FIRST STEP TO CONQUEST185
XXI.CLAY'S MILLS PLAYING194
XXII.'FURRINERS' IN OUSEBANK!204
XXIII.OUTWITTED214
XXIV.GOOD-BYE TO BALMORAL224
XXV.'A BAD BUSINESS'234
XXVI.TRUE YORKSHIRE GRIT244
XXVII.SARAH IS MUCH IMPROVED254
XXVIII.SARAH BECOMES A BUSINESS WOMAN264
XXIX.'A MIRACLE'274
XXX.LAST283
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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He took Sarah by the hand and pulled her up on to the bank Frontispiece.
He took his young niece's arm and followed his sister-in-law into the drawing-room21
I'm so glad you've called me "lass"! I was so hoping some one would 69
Ask the band to play "La Rinka," Sarah,' cried Horatia 105
We've come to say there's two men been turned off because they've been ill, and boys put on in their place132
As the two stood and watched the air-ship something dropped from it 220