Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] THE GIRL WHO HAD NOTHING By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON AUTHOR OF "THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR," ETC. _ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN CAMERON_ LONDON WARD LOCK & CO LIMITED 1905 ―――― CONTENTS CHAPTER I--The Old Lady in the Victoria CHAPTER II--The Old Lady’s Nephew CHAPTER III--A Deal in Clerios CHAPTER IV--The Steam Yacht _Titania_ CHAPTER V--The Landlady at Woburn Place CHAPTER VI--The Tenants of Roseneath Park CHAPTER VII--The Woman Who Knew CHAPTER VIII--Lord Northmuir’s Young Relative CHAPTER IX--A Journalistic Mission CHAPTER X--The Coup of "The Planet" CHAPTER XI--Kismet and a V.C. CHAPTER XII--A New Love and an Old Enemy ―――― CHAPTER I--The Old Lady in the Victoria Joan Carthew had reason to believe that it was her birthday, and she had signalised the occasion by running away from home. But her birthday, and her home, and her running away, were all so different from things with the same name in the lives of other children, that the celebration was not in reality as festive as it might seem if put into print. In the first place, she based her theory as to the date solely upon a dim recollection that once, eons of years ago, when she had been a petted little creature with belongings of her own (she was now twelve), there had been presents and sweets on the 13th of May. She thought she could recall looking eagerly forward to that anniversary; and she argued shrewdly that, as her assortment of agreeable memories was small, in all likelihood she had not made a mistake.