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Title: Sarah's School Friend

Author: May Baldwin

Release Date: December 9, 2006 [eBook #20068]

Language: English

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SARAH'S SCHOOL FRIEND

by

MAY BALDWIN
Author of 'Two Schoolgirls of Florence,' 'Barbara Bellamy,' &c.

With Six Illustrations by Percy Tarrant

[Illustration:
He took Sarah by the hand and pulled her up on to the bank.
Front. PAGE 179.]

London: 38 Soho Square, W.
W. & R. Chambers, Limited
Edinburgh: 339 High Street
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company

TO
MY KIND FRIENDS
OF
'ALDAMS'

CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE
I. A MILL-HAND'S MANSION 1
II. A DREARY BANQUET 11
III. STALLED OXEN 20
IV. AN UNANSWERED QUESTION 31
V. A RELUCTANT INVITATION 41
VI. AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER 51
VII. HORATIA'S ARRIVAL 61
VIII. HORATIA 71
IX. A YORKSHIRE MIXTURE 81
X. PLAIN SPEAKING CLEARS THE AIR 90
XI. HORATIA SPEAKS OUT 100
XII. A RINKING-PARTY 109
XIII. HORATIA'S INFLUENCE 119
XIV. A MILLIONAIRE FOR FIVE MINUTES 129
XV. A VISIT TO CLAY'S MIL