The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886

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Various. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886

CALLED AWAY

THE SHEPHERD'S FAIRY

CHAPTER II

DINNERS FOR TWO

A DREAM OF QUEEN'S GARDENS.1

PART I. A PRETTY QUEEN

THE WEATHER AND HEALTH

GIRLS' FRIENDSHIPS

CHAPTER I. IDEAL FRIENDSHIPS

MERLE'S CRUSADE

CHAPTER II. AN UNPREACHED SERMON

THE CONTENTS OF MY WORK-BOX

BITS ABOUT ANIMALS

VARIETIES

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

EDUCATIONAL

ART

MISCELLANEOUS

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Up the old oak staircase three or four stairs at a time sprang the baron; then he walked quickly with beating heart down the long corridor to the west wing, where the nursery was, and pausing at the top of a spiral staircase which led to the side door he intended to go out by, he shouted impatiently to the housemaid who was left in charge of the baby.

"Marie! Marie! Vite, vite. Where is Monsieur Léon's malacca cane? It was in my dressing-room this morning. Fetch it directly."

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"But where are we to put in then? Having come to England, I mean to go ashore for a day or two."

"Why not run up to Yarmouth, sir; the wind is fair; it is south-west now. You have never been there, have you? And there'll be no fear of anyone tracing the child there. If madame sees in the paper that we touched at Yarmouth, she may inquire all over that part of the country without finding the baby down in Sussex."

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