Chapter I: Front Matter

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$1.00 a Year. JANUARY, 1886. 10 cts. a No.

THE PANSY

EDITED BY "PANSY" MRS. G. R. ALDEN.

D. LOTHROP, & Co.
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Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO., and entered at the Boston P. O. as second-class matter.

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_Volume 13, Number 9._ Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & Co.
_Jan. 2, 1886._

THE PANSY.

LIVES THAT TOUCHED.