"As she stood looking at John, the pale cheeks flushed a little."—P. 181.
JOHN'S LILY
BY
ELEANOR C. PRICE
AUTHOR OF "A LOYAL MIND," "ALEXIA," "RED TOWERS," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY W. H. C. GROOME
London
WELLS GARDNER, DARTON & CO.
3, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.
AND 44, VICTORIA STREET, S.W.
1894
CONTENTS
CHAP.
III. HOME AT MARKWOOD
V. MRS. ALFRICK
VI. AT THE FAIR
VII. IN THE DARK
VIII. THE TRUTH
IX. PARTED
X. IN DANGER
XI. THE STRANGER
XII. TAKEN AWAY
XIII. GIVEN BACK
XIV. SEVEN YEARS AFTER
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"In the Doorway stood a tall young Girl, dressedin white" ... Frontispiece
"In the Cart a Child was tied to the seat"
JOHN'S LILY
CHAPTER I
A LITTLE CHILD
"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From GOD, Who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!"
—WORDSWORTH.
It was a sultry evening in summer, and John Randal wasstanding on the departure platform of a London railwaystation, looking at the train. He was a tall, fine-