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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Dear Little Girl, by Amy E. Blanchard 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.net Title: A Dear Little Girl Author: Amy E. Blanchard Release Date: February 10, 2010 [EBook #31244] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A DEAR LITTLE GIRL *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andy Barnes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net A DEAR LITTLE GIRL AMY E. BLANCHARD WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO. RACINE, WIS. Printed in the United States of America by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Racine, Wisconsin Contents CHAPTER I. AN ACCIDENT 9 CHAPTER II. GETTING SETTLED 21 CHAPTER III. WHAT HAPPENED 35 CHAPTER IV. MAGGIE'S CASE 49 CHAPTER V. A GUILTY CONSCIENCE 63 CHAPTER VI. THE FAIR 74 CHAPTER VII. WHERE THE DOLL WENT 88 CHAPTER VIII. A PECK OF TROUBLE 103 CHAPTER IX. ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS 116 CHAPTER X. MORE SURPRISES 128 CHAPTER XI. ADOPTED 141 CHAPTER XII. THE RUNAWAY 155 CHAPTER XIII. PLEASANT CHANGES 168 Chapter I AN ACCIDENT. "It will be a fine opportunity for Edna," said Mrs. Conway. Edna did not like that word opportunity; it always seemed to her that it meant something unpleasant. She had noticed that when pleasant things came along they were rarely spoken of as "opportunities," but were just _happenings_. So she sat with her little sturdy legs dangling down from the sofa, and a very sober look upon her round face, while her busy, dimpled hands were folded quietly. Her mother leaned over, and took the plump little fingers in hers, giving them a squeeze. "It will be an opportunity," she repeated, as her eyes rested fondly on the child by her side; "but she is only eight, and it seems like pu
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