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Title: Mr. Pat's Little Girl
A Story of the Arden Foresters

Author: Mary F. Leonard

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Language: English

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MR. PAT'S LITTLE GIRL

A Story of the Arden Foresters

by

MARY F. LEONARD

Author of _The Spectacle Man_, etc.

With Illustrations by Chase Emerson

W.A. Wilde Company
Boston and Chicago

1902

[Illustration]

TO

A.E.F.

IN LOVING MEMORY

this story is lovingly dedicated

BY HER NIECE

[Illustration: "HOW SWEET THE BREATH BENEATH THE HILL OF SHARON'S LOVELY
ROSE."]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN
"A magician most profound in his art."

II. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE
"Give me leave to speak my mind."

III. FRIENDSHIP
"True it is that we have seen better days."

IV. AN UNQUIET MORNING
"You amaze me, ladies!"

V. MAURICE
"The stubbornness of fortune."

VI. PUZZLES
"How weary are my spirits."

VII. THE MAGICIAN MAKES TEA
"If that love or gold
Can in this place buy entertainment,