A Dear Little Girl

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Blanchard Amy Ella. A Dear Little Girl

Chapter I. AN ACCIDENT

Chapter II. GETTING SETTLED

Chapter III. WHAT HAPPENED

Chapter IV. MAGGIE'S CASE

Chapter V. A GUILTY CONSCIENCE

Chapter VI. THE FAIR

Chapter VII. WHERE THE DOLL WENT

Chapter VIII. A PECK OF TROUBLE

Chapter IX. ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS

Chapter X. MORE SURPRISES

Chapter XI. ADOPTED

Chapter XII. THE RUNAWAY

Chapter XIII. PLEASANT CHANGES

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Poor little Edna! she was so unhappy, so anxious, as the train moved along faster and faster. Even kind Mrs. Porter by her side felt that she did not know just how to comfort the child, although she did try very hard, and at least made the little girl feel that she should be safely guarded on her way to her aunt's house; for Mrs. Porter lived in the same city, and had promised to take Edna in charge and deliver her safely at her aunt's very door.

The rising sun was lighting up the mountain tops and finding its way into the deep gorges, when suddenly Edna started to her feet with a cry, as the door opened and a man came in, very pale, with his head bandaged and his hand in a sling.

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Aunt Elizabeth was a trifle less stern than usual; perhaps she did have some tender feeling for the child. "Stop crying, my dear," she said. "You and Louis may go and take a walk in the square. To-morrow I will take you to see some children who will, I hope, make you understand how highly favored you are. Run along, now, and get your hat. You may stay out an hour."

In the hall Uncle Justus met her, and seeing her wet eyes asked, "What is the matter, little girl?"

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