THE GUINEA STAMP

A Tale of Modern Glasgow

BY

ANNIE S. SWAN

(MRS. BURNETT-SMITH)

AUTHOR OF 'ALDERSYDE,' 'ACROSS HER PATH,' 'THE GATES OF EDEN,' 'THE AYRES OF STUDLEIGH,' 'WHO SHALL SERVE?'

'The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a that.'

EDINBURGH AND LONDON OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER 1892

MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

FIVE SHILLING SERIES.

THE GATES OF EDEN.

A Story of Endeavour. By Annie S. Swan. Large crown 8vo, cloth,

with Portrait of the Authoress.

BRIAR AND PALM.

A Study of Circumstance and Influence. By Annie S. Swan. Large

crown 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated.

ONE FALSE STEP.

By Andrew Stewart. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated.

NOEL CHETWYND'S FALL.

By Mrs. J. H. Needell. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra,

Illustrated.

SIR JOHN'S WARD.

By Jane H. Jamieson. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra,

Frontispiece.

ST. VEDA'S; or, The Pearl of Orr's Haven.

By Annie S. Swan. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with

Frontispiece by Robert M'Gregor.

KILGARVIE.

By Robina F. Hardy. With Frontispiece by Robert

M'Gregor, R. S. A. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

MADELINE POWER.

By Arthur W. Marchmont. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

AFTER TOUCH OF WEDDED HANDS.

By Hannah B. Mackenzie. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

THE GUINEA STAMP.

A Tale of Modern Glasgow. By Annie S. Swan. Large crown 8vo,

cloth extra.

Books By Annie S. Swan.

6s.

Sheila. With Frontispiece.

Maitland of Laurieston.

5s.

The Gates of Eden. With Portrait of the Authoress.

Briar and Palm. With Six Chalk Drawings.

St. Veda's. With Frontispiece by Robert M'Gregor.

The Guinea Stamp. A Tale of Modern Glasgow.

3s. 6d.

Aldersyde. With Six Original Illustrations by Tom Scott.

Carlowrie. With Six Original Illustrations by Tom Scott.

Doris Cheyne. With Illustrations of the English Lake District.

Who Shall Serve? A Story for the Times.

2s. 6d.

Aldersyde.

Carlowrie.

Hazell & Sons. Illustrated.

A Divided House. Illustrated.

Ursula Vivian. Illustrated.

The Ayres of Studleigh. Illustrated.

2s. In Paper Boards.

Aldersyde.

Carlowrie.

The Ayres of Studleigh. Illustrated.

Cloth, 1s. 6d.; Paper Covers, 1s. Illustrated.

Across Her Path.

A Divided House. Cheap Edition.

Sundered Hearts.

Robert Martin's Lesson.

Mistaken, and Marion Forsyth.

Shadowed Lives.

Ursula Vivian. Cheap Edition.

Dorothea Kirke.

Vita Vinctis. By Robina F. Hardy, Annie S. Swan, and Jessie M. E. Saxby.

Wrongs Righted.

The Secret Panel.

Thomas Dryburgh's Dream, and Miss Baxter's Bequest.

Twice Tried.

A Vexed Inheritance.

Hazell & Sons. Cheap Edition.

A Bachelor in Search of a Wife.

Cloth, 9d.

Mistaken.

Marion Forsyth.

Thomas Dryburgh's Dream.

Miss Baxter's Bequest.

6d.

Douglas Roy.

Katie's Christmas Lesson.

Tom's Memorable Christmas.

Bess: The Story of a Waif.

The Bonnie Jean.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE

I.FATHERLESS,7

II.WHAT TO DO WITH HER,16

III.THE NEW HOME,26

IV.A RAY OF LIGHT,34

V.LIZ,43

VI.PICTURES OF LIFE,51

VII.LIZ SPEAKS HER MIND,60

VIII.EDGED TOOLS,68

IX.AN IMPENDING CHANGE,77

X.IN AYRSHIRE,86

XI.DARKENING DAYS,95

XII.SETTING HIS HOUSE IN ORDER,104

XIII.THE LAST SUMMONS,113

XIV.THOSE LEFT BEHIND,122

XV.HER INHERITANCE,131

XVI.FAREWELL,139

XVII.THE WEST END,148

XVIII.'THE DAYS THAT ARE NOT,'157

XIX.THE SWEETS OF LIFE,166

XX.PLANS,174

XXI.ACROSS THE CHANNEL,182

XXII.A HELPING HAND,190

XXIII.REAL AND IDEAL,198

XXIV.THE UNEXPECTED,206

XXV.THE FIRST WOOER,214

XXVI.UNDER DISCUSSION,222

XXVII.GLADYS AND WALTER,229

XXVIII.A TROUBLED HEART,236

XXIX.AN AWAKENING,243

XXX.TOO LATE!250

XXXI.'WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN,'259

XXXII.THE WANDERER,266

XXXIII.A FAITHFUL FRIEND,274

XXXIV.WHAT WILL SHE DO?283

XXXV.A REVELATION,291

XXXVI.TÊTE-À-TÊTE,299

XXXVII.CHUMS,307

XXXVIII.IN VAIN,315

XXXIX.GONE,323

XL.THE MATRONS ADVISE,331

XLI.A GREAT RELIEF,338

XLII.A DISCOVERY,345

XLIII.A WOMAN'S HEART,352

XLIV.THE MAGDALENE,361

XLV.THE BOLT FALLS,369

XLVI.THE WORLD WELL LOST,377