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Title: In the Mist of the Mountains

Author: Ethel Turner

Illustrator: J. Macfarlane

Release Date: February 4, 2008 [EBook #24509]

Language: English

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IN THE MIST OF THE MOUNTAINS

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| _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ |
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| (Uniform with this volume) |
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| SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS |
| THE FAMILY AT MISRULE |
| THE LITTLE LARRIKIN |
| MISS BOBBIE |
| THE CAMP AT WANDINONG |
| THREE LITTLE MAIDS |
| THE STORY OF A BABY |
| LITTLE MOTHER MEG |
| BETTY AND CO. |
| MOTHER'S LITTLE GIRL |
| THE WHITE-ROOF TREE |
| THE STOLEN VOYAGE |
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[Illustration: "'I'm so sorry, chickies,' she said kindly." (Page 19.)]

IN THE MIST OF
THE MOUNTAINS

By
ETHEL TURNER
(Mrs. H. R. Curlewis)

_Author of "Seven Little Australians," "The Little Larrikin,"
"Miss Bobbie," etc., etc._

ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. MACFARLANE

LONDON
WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED
1908

TO
H. R. C.

"They that have heard the overword
Know life's a dream worth dreaming."
_Henley._

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I Somewhat Contagious 9
II Treating of Larkin and his Commission 23
III Miss Bibby 31
IV The Famous Novelist 43
V Ante-prandial Visitors 55
VI A Grocery Order