This eBook was produced by Les Bowler. [Picture: Book cover] [Picture: Even the sandy kitten was neglected, or got a rap on its nose with the slate-pencil, when to toy with the moving point had been too great a temptation to be resisted] JAN OF THE WINDMILL. * * * * * A Story of the Plains. * * * * * BY THE LATE JULIANA HORATIA EWING. AUTHOR OF “SIX TO SIXTEEN;” “FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING;” “MRS. OVERTHEWAY’S REMEMBRANCES,” ETC. * * * * * WITH ELEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY MRS. W. ALLINGHAM (HELEN PATERSON). * * * * * FIFTH EDITION * * * * * LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1890. * * * * * Dedicated TO MY DEAR SISTER MARGARET. J. H. E. * * * * * CONTENTS.