Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
"LULU STOOD ON THE DOORSTEP AND WAVED HER HAND IN FAREWELL."
THE MOAT HOUSE,
OR,
"Sir Jasper's Favourite Niece."
BY
ELEANORA H. STOOKE.
AUTHOR OF
"Little Maid Marigold," "The Hermit's Cave,"
"Sir Richard's Grandson," "Mousey,"
etc.
WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS.
London:
S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO.,
8 & 9 PATERNOSTER ROW.
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
III. THE ARRIVAL AT THE MOAT HOUSE
V. TRYING TO PLEASE SIR JASPER
VII. A SUNDAY AT THE MOAT HOUSE
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
XXIII. SIR JASPER BESTIRS HIMSELF
THE MOAT HOUSE.
CHAPTER I.
A STRANGE REQUEST.
"JOY, I wish you'd put down that stupid book, and talk! You can't think how curious I feel! And how you can sit there reading so quietly when mother's in the next room with that strange gentl
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