Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl

Name: Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl
Author: Meade, L. T.

Meade, L. T.

Family -- England -- Juvenile fiction; Motherless families -- Juvenile fiction; Siblings -- Juvenile fiction

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POLLY
A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL

BY
L. T. MEADE

Author of "A World of Girls," "Daddy's Girl,"
"Light of the Morning," "Palace Beautiful,"
"A Girl in Ten Thousand," etc.

NEW YORK
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
1910

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[Illustration: Polly]

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"But if thou wilt be constant then,
  And faithful of thy word,
I'll make thee glorious by my pen
  And famous by my sword.
I'll serve thee in such noble ways
  Was never heard before:
I'll crown and deck thee all with bays
  And love thee evermore."

                         --James Graham.

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CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER I.     A GREAT MISFORTUNE.                 1
CHAPTER II.    ALL ABOUT THE FAMILY.               4
CHAPTER III.   "BE BRAVE, DEAR."                   6
CHAPTER IV.    QUITE A NEW SORT OF SCHEME.        10
CHAPTER V.     A SAFETY-VALVE.                    13
CHAPTER VI.    POLLY'S RAID.                      16
CHAPTER VII.   THE GROWN-UPS.                     19
CHAPTER VIII.  SHOULD THE STRANGERS COME?         24
CHAPTER IX.    LIMITS.                            28
CHAPTER X.     INDIGESTION WEEK.                  32
CHAPTER XI.    A--WAS AN APPLE PIE.               36
CHAPTER XII.   POTATOES--MINUS POINT.             42
CHAPTER XIII.  IN THE ATTIC.                      45
CHAPTER XIV.   AUNT MARIA.                        50
CHAPTER XV.    PUNISHMENT.                        55
CHAPTER XVI.   DR. MAYBRIGHT _versus_ SCORPION.   60
CHAPTER XVII.  WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?            64
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WIFE OF MICAH JONES.           68
CHAPTER XIX.   DISTRESSED HEROINES.               73
CHAPTER XX.    LIMITS.                            75
CHAPTER XXI.   THE HIGH MOUNTAINS.                78

PART II
CHAPTER I.     A COUPLE OF BARBARIANS.            82
CHAPTER II.    A YOUNG QUEEN.                     86
CHAPTER III.   NOT LIKE OTHERS.                   94
CHAPTER IV.    A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN.                98
CHAPTER V.     FORSAKEN.                         103
CHAPTER VI.    WITHOUT HER TREASURE.             108
CHAPTER VII.   MAGGIE TO THE RESCUE.             113
CHAPTER VIII.  THE HERMIT'S HUT.                 117
CHAPTER IX.    AN OLD SONG.                      121
CHAPTER X.     LOOKING AT HERSELF.               126
CHAPTER XI.    THE WORTH OF A DIAMOND.           131
CHAPTER XII.   RELICS AND A WELCOME.             135
CHAPTER XIII.  VERY ROUGH WEATHER.               139
CHAPTER XIV.   A NOVEL HIDING-PLACE.             144
CHAPTER XV.    A DILEMMA.                        149
CHAPTER XVI.   FIREFLY.                          151
CHAPTER XVII.  TO THE RESCUE.                    155
CHAPTER XVIII. OH, FIE! POLLY.                   159
CHAPTER XIX.   ONE YEAR AFTER.                   165

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