Chapter I: Front Matter

THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.

[Frontispiece: “‘Gee up, old twain.’”]

The Family at Misrule.

BY
ETHEL TURNER.

LONDON:
WARD, LOCK & BOWDEN, LIMITED,
WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.
NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.

THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.

BY
ETHEL TURNER,

AUTHOR OF
“SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS,” “THE STORY OF A BABY,” ETC.

“Ah that spring should vanish with the Rose!
That youth’s sweet-scented manuscript should close!”
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

“To youth the greatest reverence is due.”
Juvenal.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. JOHNSON._

LONDON:
WARD, LOCK, & BOWDEN, LIMITED.
WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.
NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.
1895.

_All rights reserved._

TO
CHARLES COPE,

MY STEPFATHER AND FRIEND.

E. S. T.,
Lindfield, Sydney.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I. PICKING UP THREADS 9
II. SCHOOL TROUBLES 20
III. A PASSAGE AT ARMS 32
IV. A SUMMER’S DAY 42
V. BETWEEN A DREAM AND A DREAM 56
VI. TO-MORROW 69
VII. A LITTLE MAID-ERRANT 78
VIII. ONE PARTICULAR EVENING 88
IX. THAT MISCHIEVOUS CUPID 98
X. NEEDLES AND PINS 113
XI. A DAY IN SYDNEY 125
XII. THREE COURSES ONE SHILLING 137
XIII. PARNASSUS AND PUDDINGS 151
XIV. MUSHROOMS 161
XV. THE GOVERNMENT OF MEG 172
XVI. MORE MUTINY 184
XVII. A DINNER PARTY 194
XVIII. “HOW GOOD YOU OUGHT TO BE!” 208
XIX. HEADACHE AND HEARTACHE 217
XX. MY LITTLE ONE DAUGHTER 228
XXI. THE SEVENTH DAY 238
XXII. AMARANTH OR ASPHODEL 245
XXIII. LITTLE FAITHFUL MEG 254
XXIV. “IN THE MIDNIGHT, IN THE SILENCE OF THE SLEEP TIME” 266
XXV. HERE ENDETH 274

THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.