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A Little Gipsy Lass

A STORY OF MOORLAND AND WILD

By

GORDON-STABLES, M.D., C.M., R.N.

Author of
'Peggy M'Queen,' 'The Rover Caravan,' &c.

WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

by

William Rainey

LONDON: 47 Paternoster Row
W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED
EDINBURGH: 47 Paternoster Row
1907

Edinburgh:
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LOTTY LEE 1

II. HOW ANTONY HAPPENED TO BE THERE 11

III. IN GIPSY CAMP AND CARAVAN 18

IV. 'EVER BEEN AN INFANT PRODIGY?' SAID LOTTY 34

V. THE QUEEREST SHOW.--A DAY IN THE WILDS 47

VI. 'THERE IS THAT IN YOUR EYE WHICH CRONA LOVES' 59

VII. POOR ANTONY WAS DROWNING! 69

VIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE MERMAN 79

IX. 'THE NEW JENNY WREN' 90

X. A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL 99

XI. BLOWN OUT TO SEA 111

XII. 'OUT YONDER, ON THE LEE BOW, SIR' 121

XIII. ON BOARD THE 'NOR'LAN' STAR' 132

XIV. A LITTLE STRANGER COMES ON BOARD 142

XV. 'I WANT TO DREAM THAT DREAM AGAIN' 154

XVI. SAFELY BACK TO ENGLAND 163

XVII. LIFE ON THE ROAD IN THE 'GIPSY QUEEN' 172

XVIII. SNOW-BOUND IN A MOUNTAIN-LAND 182

XIX. SPORTING-TIME IN WOODS AND WILDS 193

XX. IN THE DARK O' THE NEAP 204

XXI. THE WRECK OF THE 'CUMBERLAND' 214

XXII. THE AMBITIONS OF CHOPS JUNIOR 226

XXIII. 'WELL, CHOPS, TO RUN AWAY' 236

XXIV. 'I SAVED IT UP FOR A RAINY DAY' 248

XXV. 'WE'VE GOT A LITTLE STOWAWAY HERE, GUARD' 260

XXVI. THAT CROOKED SIXPENCE 272

XXVII. 'GAZE ON THOSE SUMMER WOODS' 283

XXVIII. 'HO, HO, HO! SET HIM UP' 290

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The girl simply lifted the latch and entered without ceremony _Frontispiece._

Then that huge brown bear began to dance 50

He found himself in the water next moment ... with the _Jenny Wren_ on her side 71

And they had special tit-bits which they took from her hands 92

Presently the black hull of the bark was looming within fifty yards over her 129

'Father, father,' she cried, 'I cannot, _will not_ do this' 224

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