Chapter I: Front Matter

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SARAH'S SCHOOL FRIEND

by

MAY BALDWIN Author of 'Two Schoolgirls of Florence,' 'Barbara Bellamy,' &c.

With Six Illustrations by Percy Tarrant

London: 38 Soho Square, W. W. & R. Chambers, Limited Edinburgh: 339 High Street Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company

TO
MY KIND FRIENDS
OF
'ALDAMS'

CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE
I. A MILL-HAND'S MANSION 1
II. A DREARY BANQUET 11
III. STALLED OXEN 20
IV. AN UNANSWERED QUESTION 31
V. A RELUCTANT INVITATION 41
VI. AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER 51
VII. HORATIA'S ARRIVAL 61
VIII. HORATIA 71
IX. A YORKSHIRE MIXTURE 81
X. PLAIN SPEAKING CLEARS THE AIR 90
XI. HORATIA SPEAKS OUT 100
XII. A RINKING-PARTY 109
XIII. HORATIA'S INFLUENCE 119
XIV. A MILLIONAIRE FOR FIVE MINUTES 129
XV. A VISIT TO CLAY'S MILLS 139
XVI. THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC 148
XVII. A DISASTROUS BONFIRE 158
XVIII. NANCY PACKS UP 167
XIX. AN UNPLEASANT MOMENT 176
XX. SARAH'S FIRST STEP TO CONQUEST 185
XXI. CLAY'S MILLS PLAYING 194
XXII. 'FURRINERS' IN OUSEBANK! 204
XXIII. OUTWITTED 214
XXIV. GOOD-BYE TO BALMORAL 224
XXV. 'A BAD BUSINESS' 234
XXVI. TRUE YORKSHIRE GRIT 244
XXVII. SARAH IS MUCH IMPROVED 254
XXVIII. SARAH BECOMES A BUSINESS WOMAN 264
XXIX. 'A MIRACLE' 274
XXX. LAST 283

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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He took Sarah by the hand and pulled her up on to the bank
_Frontispiece._

He took his young niece's arm and followed his sister-in-law
into the drawing-room 21

'I'm so glad you've called me "lass"! I was so hoping
some one would' 69

'Ask the band to play "La Rinka," Sarah,' cried Horatia 105

'We've come to say there's two men been turned off
because they've been ill, and boys put on in their
place' 132

As the two stood and watched the air-ship something
dropped from it 220

Sarah's School Friend.