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  GIRLHOOD and WOMANHOOD

  The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes

  BY SARAH TYTLER

  AUTHOR OF "PAPERS FOR THOUGHTFUL GIRLS," "CITOYENNE JACQUELINE,"ETC. ETC.

  LONDONWM. ISBISTER, LIMITED56, LUDGATE HILL1883

  CONTENTS.

  PAGE I. CAIN'S BRAND, 1

  ON THE MOOR, 1

  THE ORDEAL, 16

  "HE LAY DOWN TO SLEEP ON THE MOORLAND SO DREARY," 29

  MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE, 37

  II. ON THE STAGE AND OFF THE STAGE, 62

  THE "BEAR" AT BATH, 62

  LADY BETTY ON THE STAGE, 72

  MISTRESS BETTY BECOMES NURSE, 77

  MASTER ROWLAND GOES UP TO LONDON, 86

  MISTRESS BETTY TRAVELS DOWN INTO SOMERSETSHIRE, 90

  BETWEEN MOSELY AND LARKS' HALL, 96

  III. A CAST IN THE WAGGON, 108

  DULCIE'S START IN THE WAGGON FOR HER COMPANY, 108

  TWO LADS SEEK A CAST IN THE WAGGON, 113

  REDWATER HOSPITALITY, 122

  OTHER CASTS FOLLOWING THE CAST IN THE WAGGON, 134

  DULCIE AND WILL, AT HOME IN ST. MARTIN'S LANE, 151

  SAM AND CLARISSA IN COMPANY IN LEICESTER SQUARE, 158

  STRIPS SOME OF THE THORNS FROM THE HEDGE AND THE GARDEN ROSES, 161

  IV. ADAM HOME'S REPENTANCE, 167

  WILD, WITTY NELLY CARNEGIE, 167

  A GALLANT REBUFFED.--NELLY'S PUNISHMENT, 172

  A MOURNFUL MARRIAGE EVE, 177

  NELLY CARNEGIE IN HER NEW HOME, 179

  NELLY'S NEW PASTIMES, 185

  THE LAIRD CONSCIENCE-SMITTEN, 186

  BLESSING AND AFFLICTION.--ADAM HOME'S RETURN, 192

  THE RECONCILIATION AND RETURN TO STANEHOLME, 197

  V. HECTOR GARRET OF OTTER, 202

  THE FIRE, 202

  THE OFFER, 211

  THE NEW HOME, 228

  THE PAGES OF THE PAST, 236

  THE MOTHER AND CHILD, 248

  THE STORM, 259

  VI. THE OLD YEOMANRY WEEKS, 268

  THE YEOMEN'S ADVENT.--PRIORTON SPRUCES ITSELF UP, 268

  A MATCH-MAKER'S SCHEME, 275

  A MORNING MEETING AND AN EVENING'S READING, 280

  THE BALL, AND WHAT CAME OF IT, 293

  VII. DIANA, 302

  AN UNDERTAKING, 302

  THE FULFILMENT, 311

  HAZARD, 316

  THE LAST THROW, 323

  VIII. MISS WEST'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE, 337