Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive. [Illustration: Book Cover] FOUR WINDS FARM "In ... his dream he saw a child moving, and could divide the main streams, at least, of the winds that had played on him, and study so the first stage in that mental journey." _The Child in the House._--WALTER H. PATER [Illustration: And thus she led him out of the large, cold hall.--_Front._] [Illustration: Title Page] FOUR WINDS FARM. BY MRS. MOLESWORTH: Author of "Carrots," "The Cuckoo Clock," &c. ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE. LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO: 1887. _TO_ MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OLIVE I INSCRIBE THIS LITTLE STORY WHICH WE THOUGHT OF TOGETHER LONDON, _June_ 1886. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. THE VOICES IN THE CHIMNEY 1 CHAPTER II. AT SCHOOL 15 CHAPTER III. FLYING VISITS 29 CHAPTER IV. A RAINBOW DANCE 43 CHAPTER V. GOOD FOR EVIL 58 CHAPTER VI. ORGAN TONES 73 CHAPTER VII. THE BIG HOUSE AND THE LADY 87 CHAPTER VIII. LITTLE FERGUS 102 CHAPTER IX. MUSIC AND COUNSEL 117 CHAPTER X. THE STORY OF THE SEA-GULL 132 CHAPTER XI. DRAWN TWO WAYS 150 CHAPTER XII. LEARNING TO WAIT 166 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND THUS SHE LED HIM OUT OF THE LARGE, COLD HALL _Front._ WAS IT FANCY THAT HE HAD SEEN A WAVING, FLUTTERING FORM BESIDE HIM? _Page_ 30 "NOW FOR OUR DANCE--OUR RAINBOW DANCE, SISTERS--NO NEED TO WAKE HIM ROUGHLY. WE NEED ONLY KISS HIS EYELIDS" 47 "LOOK HERE, DOLLY," AND HE HELD OUT TO HER THE POOR COPY-BOOK WHICH HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN OUT OF HIS SATCHEL 67 AND WHEN SHE SAT DOWN TO PLAY THE LIGHT SPARKLED AND GLOWED ON HER FAIR HAIR, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE GOLD 120 "ARE YOU NOT WELL, MOTHER?" HE SAID GENTLY 153 IT WAS FERGUS, LITTLE LAME FERGUS, MOUNTED ON A TINY ROUGH-COATED PONY, COMING TOWARDS HIM 178 CHAPTER I. THE VOICES IN THE CHIMNEY "Wherefore and whence we are ye cannot know." "The Winds' Song," _Light of Asia._--EDWIN ARNOLD