[Illustration: THE ROSE OF MY STORY WAS HALF-SITTING, HALF-RECLINING AT HIS FEET.] A ROSE IN JUNE. BY MRS. OLIPHANT. [FROM ADVANCE SHEETS.] _ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE DU MAURIER._ [Illustration: colophon] BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY. LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 181 FRANKLIN STREET. 1874. [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. [_Drawn by George Du Maurier._] PAGE THE ROSE OF MY STORY WAS HALF-SITTING, HALF-RECLINING AT HIS FEET _Frontispiece_ THE GIRL STOOD MOTIONLESS, SUBDUED BY IT 29 THEY WERE INTERRUPTED BY A THIRD PERSON, WHO HAD COME ALONG THE ROAD 49 BEFORE ROSE WAS AWAKE, MRS. DAMEREL CAME INTO HER ROOM 71 SHE TOOK HER BAG IN HER HAND AND NOISELESSLY STOLE OUT 81 [Illustration] A ROSE IN JUNE. CHAPTER I. [Illustration: M] “Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things. Let the child alone--she will never be young again if she should live a hundred years!”