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Title: Great Uncle Hoot-Toot

Author: Mrs. Molesworth

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GREAT-UNCLE HOOT-TOOT.

by

MRS. MOLESWORTH,

Author of
"The Palace in the Garden," "'Carrots': Just a Little Boy,"
"The Cuckoo Clock," Etc.

Illustrated by
Gordon Browne, E. J. Walker, Lizzie Lawson, J. Bligh,
and Maynard Brown.

Published Under the Direction of the
Committee of General Literature and Education
Appointed by
the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

London:
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,
Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, W.C.;
43, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
Brighton: 135, North Street.
New York: E. & J. B. Young and Co.

[Illustration: FRANCES AND ELSA.]

GREAT-UNCLE HOOT-TOOT.

"... what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost,
Why then we rack the value."--_Much Ado about Nothing._

CHAPTER I.

THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE.

"That's Geoff, I'm sure," said Elsa; "I always know his ring. I do
hope----" and she stopped and sighed a little.

"What?" said Frances, looking up quickly.

"Oh, nothing particular. Run down, Vic, dear, and get Geoff to go
straight into the school-room. Order his tea at once. I _don't_ want him
to come upstairs just now. Mamma is so busy and worried with those
letters."

[Illustration: VICKY.]

Vic, a little girl of nine, with long fair hair and long black legs, and
a pretty f