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Title: Almost a Woman

Author: Mary Wood-Allen

Release Date: April 2, 2010 [EBook #31861]

Language: English

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TEACHING TRUTH SERIES

ALMOST A WOMAN

By Mary Wood-Allen, M. D.

Author of "Teaching Truth"; "Almost a Man"; "Child-Confidence Rewarded;"
"Caring for the Baby"; "The Man Wonderful"; "Ideal Married Life;" Etc.

"Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet,
Womanhood and childhood fleet!

* * * * *

Like the swell of some sweet tune
Morning rises into noon,
May glides onward into June."

--Longfellow.

"Earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected."

--James Russell Lowell.

PUBLISHED BY
THE ARTHUR H. CRIST CO.
Cooperstown, N. Y.
1911

Copyrighted by
CRIST, SCOTT & PARSHALL
1907

All Rights Reserved.
Entered at Stationer's Hall.

CONTENTS.

Prelude. 5
Chapter I. 9
Chapter II. 29
Chapter III. 38
Chapter IV. 69

PRELUDE.

Mr. Wayne, glancing out of the window, saw some one passing down the
front steps. Suddenly a look of recognition came into his face, and he
turned to his wife with the exclamation, "I declare, Mary, our daughter
Helen is almost a woman, isn't she?"

"Yes," replied Mrs. Wayne, coming to his side and watching the slender
figure going down the street. Her face bore a look of motherly pride,
but she sighed, as she said,

"Yes, Time and