Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

_"...On the north three gates; on the south_
_three gates; and on the west three gates."_

FOUR GATES

THE DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON

LIFE OF FOUR YOUNG WOMEN

BY

AMY LE FEUVRE

Author of "Probable Sons," "Herself and Her Boy," etc.

PICKERING & INGLIS
LONDON GLASGOW EDINBURGH

LONDON • • 14 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.4 GLASGOW • • 229 BOTHWELL STREET, C.2 EDINBURGH • 29 GEORGE IV BRIDGE, 1 NEW YORK • LOIZEAUX BROS., 19 WEST 21ST ST.

GOLDEN CROWN LIBRARY

OF STORIES BY AUTHORS OF HIGH REPUTE

1 HERSELF AND HER BOY AMY LE FEUVRE
3 HER HUSBAND'S HOME E. EVERETT GREEN
4 PEPPER & CO ESTHER E. ENOCK
5 ELDWYTH'S CHOICE L. A. BARTER SNOW
6 MARTYRLAND ROBERT SIMPSON
7 ANDY MAN AMY LE FEUVRE
9 FOUR GATES AMY LE FEUVRE
11 A MADCAP FAMILY AMY LE FEUVRE
12 NORAH'S VICTORY L. A. BARTER SNOW
13 JOAN'S HANDFUL AMY LE FEUVRE
14 CORAL CHARLOTTE MURRAY
15 SOME BUILDERS AMY LE FEUVRE
16 AGNES DEWSBURY L. A. BARTER SNOW
17 MARGARET'S STORY MARJORIE DOUGLAS
18 'TWIXT ALTAR AND PLOUGH L. A. BARTER SNOW
19 TRUE TO THE LAST E. EVERETT GREEN
20 MY LADY'S GOLDEN FOOTPRINTS E. E. ENOCK
21 NORAH: A GIRL OF GRIT BETH J. C. HARRIS
22 HER LITTLE KINGDOM L. A. BARTER SNOW
23 BRAVE BROTHERS E. M. STOOKE
24 A COUNTRY CORNER AMY LE FEUVRE
25 THE HOME OF THE AYLMERS MARJORIE DOUGLAS
26 O CARRY ME BACK! E. A. BLAND
27 MONICA'S CHOICE FLORA E. BERRY
28 A STUDY IN GOLD GRACE PETTMAN

Made and Printed in Great Britain

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. FOUR LIVES

II. FACING WEST

III. FACING NORTH AND EAST

IV. FACING SOUTH

V. AN UNFORTUNATE INTERVIEW

VI. UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT

VII. BEATEN

VIII. A FRESH SPHERE

IX. AN INVALID'S WHIM

X. OLDER AND WISER

XI. AN IDEAL TEACHER

XII. AN EMPTY SHRINE

XIII. CONFIDENCES

XIV. BATTLING TOWARDS THE SHORE

XV. A FATHER AND CHILD

XVI. WANTED

XVII. A TURN FROM THE EAST

XVIII. THE HELPER

XIX. NEGLECTED DUTY

XX. THE HOLIDAYS

XXI. HOMELESS

XXII. MOTHERHOOD

XXIII. A BABY'S LIFEWORK

XXIV. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL

XXV. TWO LETTERS

XXVI. COME BACK

XXVII. SUMMONED TO PART

ILLUSTRATIONS

DR. VERNON TURNED FURIOUSLY TO AUDREY. _Frontispiece_

"I HAVE A FANCY," SAID MRS. DAVENTRY, "THAT EACH ONE OF US MAY BE ENTERING THAT CITY THROUGH DIFFERENT GATES."

PAULINE'S TONE WAS DESPERATE. "WE THINK MOTHER IS GETTING WORSE. IS SHE?"

THE DOCTOR SHOUTED, AND AUDREY AND HE STOPPED TO LISTEN.

"BUT YOU WON'T LIVE ALONE," SAID MR. DANBY. "WHY NOT?" REPLIED PAULINE.

Four Gates