Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
IN HER PLAIN, BLUE SERGE SKIRT AND WHITE BLOUSE,
SHE MADE A VERY ATTRACTIVE PICTURE.
PROSPERITY'S CHILD
By
ELEANORA H. STOOKE
Author of
"The Bottom of the Bread Pan," "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
"Angel's Brother," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY
J. MACFARLANE
London:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4
CONTENTS
CHAP.
XIII. THE TORTOISE-SHELL PURSE
XV. THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SUMMER TERM
XVI. NOT WORTH BOTHERING ABOUT
XVIII. AGNES HOSKING APOLOGISES
XXIV. WHAT VIOLET SAW IN A SHOP WINDOW
XXVI. "NO SENSE OF HONOUR WHATEVER"
XXVII. AGNES HOSKING IN TROUBLE
PROSPERITY'S CHILD
CHAPTER I
THE WYNDHAM FAMILY
THE November day, which had been dull and chilly, was closing in, and a thick mist was settling over the metropolis, making the traffic in the streets slow and difficult, and causing those whose business lay in the city no small anxiety as to how they would reach their various suburban homes that night; for, as was patent to everybody, in a very short