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Title: Nuttie's Father

Author: Charlotte M. Yonge

Posting Date: June 12, 2009 [EBook #4053]
Release Date: May, 2003
First Posted: October 21, 2001
Last Updated: November 10, 2001

Language: English

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Nuttie's Father

by

Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

I. ST. AMBROSE'S CHOIR.
II. MONKS HORTON.
III. HEIR HUNTING.
IV. A NAME.
V. SUSPENSE.
VI. THE WATER-SOLDIER.
VII. THAT MAN.
VIII. THE FATHER.
IX. NEW PLUMES.
X. BRIDGEFIELD EGREMONT.
XI. LAWN-TENNIS.
XII. OUT OF WORK.
XIII. DETRIMENTALS.
XIV. GOING AGEE.
XV. A CASTLE OF UMBRELLAS.
XVI. INFRA DIG.
XVII. AN OLD FRIEND.
XVIII. A FRIEND IN NEED.
XIX. THE VORTEX.
XX. WOLF.
XXI. URSULA'S RECEPTION.
XXII. DISENCHANTMENT.
XXIII. A FAILURE.
XXIV. FARMS OR UMBRELLAS.
XXV. THE GIGGLING SCOTCH GIRL.
XXVI. THREE YEARS LATER.
XXVII. THE BOY OF EGREMONT.
XXVIII. A BRAVE HEART.
XXIX. A FRESH START.
XXX. NUTTIE'S PROSPECTS.
XXXI. SPES NON FRACTA.
XXXII. BLACKS IN THE ASCENDANT.
XXXIII. THE LOST HEIR.
XXXIV. FETTERS RENT.
XXXV. THE HULL OF THE URSULA.
XXXVI. NUTTIE'S KNIGHT.
XXXVII. FOUND AND TAKEN.
XXXVIII. THE UMBRELLA MAN.
XXXIX. ANNAPLE'S AMBITION FALLEN.

CHAPTER I.

ST. AMBROSE'S CHOIR.

'For be it known
That their saint's honour is their own.'--SCOTT.

The town of Micklethwayte was rising and thriving. There were
salubrious springs which an enterprising doctor had lately brought into
notice. The firm of Greenleaf and Dutton manufactured umbrellas in
large quantities, from the stout weather-proof family roof down to the
daintiest fringed toy of a parasol. There were a Guild Hall and a
handsome Corn Market. There was a Modern School for the boys, and a
High School for the girls, and a School of Art, and a School of
Coo