TOM GILLIES;

THE KNOTS HE TIED AND UNTIED.

BY

MRS. GEORGE GLADSTONE

AUTHOR OF

"NORWEGIAN STORIES," "THE BOY WHO WONDERED," &c.

New Edition.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET.

MDCCCLXXXI.

EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. AND CHANDOS STREET, LONDON

TO MY NIECES,

FLO, BESSIE, BELLA, AND MAY,

This little Story

IS DEDICATED, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE HAPPY HOURS SPENT WITH THEM IN SEEKING OUT THE CHARACTERS ON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

I. TOM IS INTRODUCED

II. MOTHER CRAMPTON

III. MISS PRINGLE AND HER LODGERS

IV. TOM AND DICK GO FOR A HOLIDAY

V. HOW TOM SPENT HIS LAST DAY AT HOME

VI. TOM AT HIS SITUATION

VII. THE DEAD CAT

VIII. SUNDAY WITH MISS PRINGLE

IX. TOM HEARS FROM HOME

X. THE EXCURSION TO LOCKSTONE

XI. HOW TOM FARED

XII. QUITE BLIND

XIII. TOM'S FIRST WAGES

XIV. THE ACCIDENT

XV. TWO YEARS LATER

TOM GILLIES.