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  \[i\]

THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.

\[iv\]

“‘Gee up, old twain.’”

The Family at Misrule.\] \[Page 43

\[1\]

The Family at Misrule.

BY

ETHEL TURNER.

“Poppet had a little dead chicken in her hand.”

(Page 20)

LONDON:

WARD, LOCK & BOWDEN, LIMITED,

WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.

\[3\]

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.

\[5\]

TO

CHARLES COPE,

MY STEPFATHER AND FRIEND.

E. S. T.,

Lindfield, Sydney.

\[7\]

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

\[8\]

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

\[9\]

THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.

CHAPTER I.

PICKING UP THREADS.

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot?”

There was discord at Misrule.

Nell, in some mysterious way,…

  

 

  

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