'TILDA JANE
Reading edition
Works of
Marshall Saunders
Rose à Charlitte
Her Sailor
Deficient Saints
For His Country and Grandmother and the Crow
'Tilda Jane
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY,
Publishers
200 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
"SHE SPELLED OUT THE INFORMATION, 'I AM AN ORPHAN.'"
(See page 80)
'TILDA JANE
AN ORPHAN IN SEARCH OF A HOME
A Story for Boys and Girls
BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "FOR HIS COUNTRY," "ROSE À CHARLITTE," "HER SAILOR," "DEFICIENT SAINTS," ETC.
Illustrated by
CLIFFORD CARLETON
By courtesy of The Youth's Companion
"My brother, when thou seest a poor man, behold in him a mirror of the Lord." —St. Francis of Assisi.
BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
1901
Copyright, 1901 By Perry Mason Company Copyright, 1901 By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated) All rights reserved
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
I DEDICATE THIS STORY TO EMILE HUGUENIN, JEAN BRUN, GERALD MUIR, SANFORD ROTHENBURG, HARRY KRUGER, MAUGHS BROWN, AND ROBBIE MACLEAN, BOYS OF BELMONT SCHOOL WHO USED TO GATHER ROUND ME ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AND BEG FOR A MANUSCRIPT READING OF THE TRIALS OF MY ORPHAN IN SEARCH OF A HOME.
Owing to the exigencies of serial publication, the story of "'Tilda Jane," as it appeared in The Youth's Companion, was somewhat condensed. In the present version the omitted portions have been restored, and the story published in its original form.