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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Grace Darling, by Eva Hope This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Author: Eva Hope Release Date: November 3, 2007 [eBook #23295] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRACE DARLING*** E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 23295-h.htm or 23295-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/3/2/9/23295/23295-h/23295-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/3/2/9/23295/23295-h.zip) GRACE DARLING Heroine of the Farne Islands by EVA HOPE [Frontispiece: Grace H. Darling] London and Felling-on-Tyne The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd. New York: 3 East 14th Street 1875 THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MISS THOMASIN DARLING, THE BELOVED SISTER OF THE HEROIC GRACE DARLING, IN RECOGNITION OF HER CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND AMIABLE DISPOSITION, BY THE AUTHOR CONTENTS CHAP. I. Woman's Work II. Ancient Northumbria III. The Childhood of a Heroine IV. Lighthouse Homes V. Lighthouse Guests VI. Christmas at the Longstone Lighthouse VII. A Wedding in the Family VIII. "Prevention Better than Cure" IX. August Pic-Nic's Pleasures X. The Perils of the Ocean XI. The Wreck of the "Forfarshire" XII. Grace to the Rescue XIII. After the Event XIV. A Visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle XV. The Darling Family at Home XVI. An Early Death XVII. "Being Dead, yet Speaketh" XVIII. Conclusion GRACE DARLING, THE HEROINE OF THE FARNE ISLES. CHAPTER I. WOMAN'S WORK. "The rights of woman, what are they? The right to labour and to pray; The right to succour in distress; The right, when others curse; to bless; The right to lead the soul to God, Along the path the Saviour trod." What is woman's work? This is one of the vexed questions of to-day, and it is one which, doubtless, sometimes troubled the unwilling b
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