Transcriber's notes: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. [Illustration: _On the Mountain.—Frontispiece._ "I am going to have more than that, now I am about it," said Sarah.] ON THE MOUNTAIN; OR, LOST AND FOUND. BY LUCY ELLEN GUERNSEY AUTHOR OF "IRISH AMY," "OPPOSITE NEIGHBOURS," "COMFORT ALLISON," "THE TATTLER," "NELLY; OR, THE BEST INHERITANCE," "TWIN ROSES," "ETHEL'S TRIAL," "THE FAIRCHILDS," "THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL EXHIBITION," "THE RED PLANT," "PERCY'S HOLIDAYS," ETC. —————————— PHILADELPHIA: AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION NO. 1122 CHESTNUT STREET. —————————— NEW YORK: NO. 8 AND 10 BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by the AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————— ———————————————— WESCOTT & THOMSON HENRY B. ASHMEAD Stereotypers and Electrotypers, Philada. Printer, Philada. CONTENTS. —————— CHAPTER I. FANNY CHAPTER II. SARAH CHAPTER III. CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER IV. THE STUMBLING BLOCK CHAPTER V. DANGER CHAPTER VI. AT MEETING CHAPTER VII. THE OFFENCE GIVEN CHAPTER VIII. SARAH'S PLANS CHAPTER IX. THE LOST CHILD CHAPTER X. ON THE MOUNTAIN CHAPTER XI. THE SEARCH CHAPTER XII. REPENTANCE ON THE MOUNTAIN. —————— CHAPTER I. _FANNY._ "GRANDMA, who was that old lady you were talking with, in the porch after church?" "I don't know," replied Mrs. Lilly, rather absently, for she was thinking of the sermon she had heard, and had to come a long way back, as it were, to answer Fanny's question. "It was old Mrs. Merrill, I suppose. Oney, we must send her down something this week—some flour and butter and a good piece of pork or a chicken."