The Project Gutenberg eBook ofThree little maids

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Title: Three little maidsAuthor: Ethel TurnerIllustrator: A. J. JohnsonRelease date: April 24, 2023 [eBook #70641]Language: EnglishOriginal publication: United Kingdom: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1900Credits: David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Title: Three little maids

Author: Ethel TurnerIllustrator: A. J. Johnson

Author: Ethel Turner

Illustrator: A. J. Johnson

Release date: April 24, 2023 [eBook #70641]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1900

Credits: David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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[ii][Frontispiece]“‘There they are,’ Phyl said, in a tremulous voice.” (Page 17.)Three Little Maids][Frontispiece

[ii][Frontispiece]“‘There they are,’ Phyl said, in a tremulous voice.” (Page 17.)Three Little Maids][Frontispiece

[ii][Frontispiece]“‘There they are,’ Phyl said, in a tremulous voice.” (Page 17.)Three Little Maids][Frontispiece

“‘There they are,’ Phyl said, in a tremulous voice.” (Page 17.)Three Little Maids][Frontispiece

[iii]Three Little MaidsBYETHEL TURNER(Mrs. H. R. CURLEWIS)AUTHOR OF ‘SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS,’ ‘THE LITTLE LARRIKIN,’‘THE CAMP ATWANDINONG,’ ETC.“O to be young again!O to have dreams and dreams!And to talk in the gardens of WonderlandWith stars and flowers and streams!”W. A. MacKenzie.WARD,LOCK & CO.,LIMITEDLONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

[iii]Three Little MaidsBYETHEL TURNER(Mrs. H. R. CURLEWIS)AUTHOR OF ‘SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS,’ ‘THE LITTLE LARRIKIN,’‘THE CAMP ATWANDINONG,’ ETC.“O to be young again!O to have dreams and dreams!And to talk in the gardens of WonderlandWith stars and flowers and streams!”W. A. MacKenzie.WARD,LOCK & CO.,LIMITEDLONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

BY

ETHEL TURNER(Mrs. H. R. CURLEWIS)

AUTHOR OF ‘SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS,’ ‘THE LITTLE LARRIKIN,’‘THE CAMP ATWANDINONG,’ ETC.

“O to be young again!O to have dreams and dreams!And to talk in the gardens of WonderlandWith stars and flowers and streams!”W. A. MacKenzie.

“O to be young again!O to have dreams and dreams!And to talk in the gardens of WonderlandWith stars and flowers and streams!”W. A. MacKenzie.

“O to be young again!O to have dreams and dreams!And to talk in the gardens of WonderlandWith stars and flowers and streams!”W. A. MacKenzie.

“O to be young again!

O to have dreams and dreams!

And to talk in the gardens of Wonderland

With stars and flowers and streams!”

W. A. MacKenzie.

WARD,LOCK & CO.,LIMITEDLONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

[v]TOMY TINY DAUGHTERHere is a chain for you, sweet,Hold up your soft hands to catch it;Pansy and white marguerite,Youwill think nothing can match it.But you will say, Are they true?All of the flowers in the chain, dear?Did they all grow up with you,Or some of them just in your brain, dear?Count true the white marguerite,Pansies—as false I must own them.Life, it may well be, my sweet,Had not so fair to you grown them.E. S. C.Mosman’s BaySydney

[v]TOMY TINY DAUGHTERHere is a chain for you, sweet,Hold up your soft hands to catch it;Pansy and white marguerite,Youwill think nothing can match it.But you will say, Are they true?All of the flowers in the chain, dear?Did they all grow up with you,Or some of them just in your brain, dear?Count true the white marguerite,Pansies—as false I must own them.Life, it may well be, my sweet,Had not so fair to you grown them.E. S. C.Mosman’s BaySydney

Here is a chain for you, sweet,Hold up your soft hands to catch it;Pansy and white marguerite,Youwill think nothing can match it.But you will say, Are they true?All of the flowers in the chain, dear?Did they all grow up with you,Or some of them just in your brain, dear?Count true the white marguerite,Pansies—as false I must own them.Life, it may well be, my sweet,Had not so fair to you grown them.

Here is a chain for you, sweet,Hold up your soft hands to catch it;Pansy and white marguerite,Youwill think nothing can match it.But you will say, Are they true?All of the flowers in the chain, dear?Did they all grow up with you,Or some of them just in your brain, dear?Count true the white marguerite,Pansies—as false I must own them.Life, it may well be, my sweet,Had not so fair to you grown them.

Here is a chain for you, sweet,Hold up your soft hands to catch it;Pansy and white marguerite,Youwill think nothing can match it.

Here is a chain for you, sweet,

Hold up your soft hands to catch it;

Pansy and white marguerite,

Youwill think nothing can match it.

But you will say, Are they true?All of the flowers in the chain, dear?Did they all grow up with you,Or some of them just in your brain, dear?

But you will say, Are they true?

All of the flowers in the chain, dear?

Did they all grow up with you,

Or some of them just in your brain, dear?

Count true the white marguerite,Pansies—as false I must own them.Life, it may well be, my sweet,Had not so fair to you grown them.

Count true the white marguerite,

Pansies—as false I must own them.

Life, it may well be, my sweet,

Had not so fair to you grown them.

E. S. C.

Mosman’s BaySydney

Mosman’s BaySydney

[vii]CONTENTSPART I.—PLAY DAYSCHAP.PAGEI.TWELVE O’ THE CLOCK11II.PRETENDING21III.FAMILY MATTERS35IV.A WINTER SUNDAY41V.WHICH RUSHES FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY53VI.‘BROWNSES’ HOUSE’66VII.A WAY TO WEALTH73VIII.THE PITILESS LONDON STREETS81IX.TRAVELS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES98X.THE LAST CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND112XI.‘GOING DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS’124XII.AUSTRALIA133XIII.MOONDI-MOONDI142XIV.TRYING TO LIVE158XV.‘A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS TO SLEEP’165XVI.THE END OF PLAY DAYS175[viii]PART II.—SCRIBBLING DAYSCHAP.PAGEXVII.RHYME AND RHYTHM187XVIII.TEN AT TABLE194XIX.GWENDOLEN TREVALLION AND A SOLDIER BRAVE AND TRUE208XX.THE ‘GERMAN SAUSAGE’ LAND218XXI.‘GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE!’226XXII.THE WRITING-ROOM234XXIII.ENTIRELY EDITORIAL242XXIV.NEWS FROM THE FATHERLAND253XXV.THE TRIALS OF WEENIE266XXVI.MORE LETTERS276XXVII.FINANCE AND FASHION285XXVIII.ONE GLORIOUS HOUR294XXIX.AND THEN NO MORE307

TWELVE O’ THE CLOCK

PRETENDING

FAMILY MATTERS

A WINTER SUNDAY

WHICH RUSHES FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY

‘BROWNSES’ HOUSE’

A WAY TO WEALTH

THE PITILESS LONDON STREETS

TRAVELS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

THE LAST CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND

‘GOING DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS’

AUSTRALIA

MOONDI-MOONDI

TRYING TO LIVE

‘A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS TO SLEEP’

THE END OF PLAY DAYS

RHYME AND RHYTHM

TEN AT TABLE

GWENDOLEN TREVALLION AND A SOLDIER BRAVE AND TRUE

THE ‘GERMAN SAUSAGE’ LAND

‘GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE!’

THE WRITING-ROOM

ENTIRELY EDITORIAL

NEWS FROM THE FATHERLAND

THE TRIALS OF WEENIE

MORE LETTERS

FINANCE AND FASHION

ONE GLORIOUS HOUR

AND THEN NO MORE

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