[Illustration: The girl simply lifted the latch and entered without ceremony. LASS. PAGE 20. ] A Little Gipsy Lass A STORY OF MOORLAND AND WILD By GORDON-STABLES, M.D., C.M., R.N. Author of 'Peggy M'Queen,' 'The Rover Caravan,' &c. WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS by William Rainey LONDON: 47 Paternoster Row W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED EDINBURGH: 47 Paternoster Row 1907 Edinburgh: Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. LOTTY LEE 1 II. HOW ANTONY HAPPENED TO BE THERE 11 III. IN GIPSY CAMP AND CARAVAN 18 IV. 'EVER BEEN AN INFANT PRODIGY?' SAID LOTTY 34 V. THE QUEEREST SHOW.--A DAY IN THE WILDS 47 VI. 'THERE IS THAT IN YOUR EYE WHICH CRONA LOVES' 59 VII. POOR ANTONY WAS DROWNING! 69 VIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE MERMAN 79 IX. 'THE NEW JENNY WREN' 90 X. A LETTER AND A PROPOSAL 99 XI. BLOWN OUT TO SEA 111 XII. 'OUT YONDER, ON THE LEE BOW, SIR' 121 XIII. ON BOARD THE 'NOR'LAN' STAR' 132 XIV. A LITTLE STRANGER COMES ON BOARD 142 XV. 'I WANT TO DREAM THAT DREAM AGAIN' 154 XVI. SAFELY BACK TO ENGLAND 163 XVII. LIFE ON THE ROAD IN THE 'GIPSY QUEEN' 172 XVIII. SNOW-BOUND IN A MOUNTAIN-LAND 182 XIX. SPORTING-TIME IN WOODS AND WILDS 193 XX. IN THE DARK O' THE NEAP 204 XXI. THE WRECK OF THE 'CUMBERLAND' 214 XXII. THE AMBITIONS OF CHOPS JUNIOR 226 XXIII. 'WELL, CHOPS, TO RUN AWAY' 236 XXIV. 'I SAVED IT UP FOR A RAINY DAY' 248 XXV. 'WE'VE GOT A LITTLE STOWAWAY HERE, GUARD' 260 XXVI. THAT CROOKED SIXPENCE 272 XXVII. 'GAZE ON THOSE SUMMER WOODS' 283