Jessie Carlton

.......... 140 X.-MAD EC mo . n . ................................ 1 57 XI.-MADOE CLIPTONMBO T E .. R .. .................... 17 2 X I 1 . - L EI A P BE AT E EN AGAIN ..................... l86 XIII.-T E SKATLXG-PAR . T . Y .. .......................... 200 X1V.-TEE WATCR-POCX FI E N T IS HED ..................... 816 XV. ANX OIV D M A B Y . .............................. e81 PRINCIPAL CIIARACTERS IN THIS STORY. Jrsa rC ARLTONo, n ly daughter of a New Pc - k merchant reaiding 8i Glen Morris Cottage, Duncanville, a village near New York. EXILTa nd CHARLIME OHRISJ. e ssier two c o u s i v, i riting at 01m Morris Cottage. Mrwr C m oJae, ss ies protCgC. CARR SPr i s w o o o n, e of Jessles companfonh Ynr M o a r r n n ra , 9 001 widow. and her ron JACK JESSIE CARLTON. CHAPTER I. ON a bright afternoon of a warm day in October, J s s m C ARLTONsa t in tlic parlor of Glcn Morris Cottage. Hcr clbows rested 011 tllc table, hcr facc was held between her two plump little hands, and her eyes mere feasting on some charming pictures which were spread out before her. A pretty little work-basket stood on a chair at her side. It contained sev eral yards of rumpled patchwork, two pieces of broadcloth with figures partially worked on them as if they were intended for a pair of slip pers, a match-pocket half finished, and a small piece of silk composed of very little sCuarea 12 JESSIE CARLTON. On the table close to her left elbow was a ctlln , bric handkerchief with some embroidery j u begun in one of its corners. A needle carelessly stuck into it showed that Jessie had been working on it when hcr eyes were attracted by the pictures she was now stodying with sucl close attention...