Faith Gartney s Girlhood
Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906
English
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FAITH GARTNEY'S GIRLHOOD
BY
MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY
Author of "The Gayworthy's," "A Summer in
Leslie Goldthwaite's Life," "Footsteps on the
Seas," etc.
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NEW YORK
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
1913
Contents
| I. | "Money, Money!" | 1 |
| II. | Sortes. | 4 |
| III. | Aunt Henderson. | 6 |
| IV. | Glory McWhirk. | 10 |
| V. | Something Happens. | 15 |
| VI. | Aunt Henderson's Girl Hunt. | 26 |
| VII. | Cares; And What Came Of Them. | 31 |
| VIII. | A Niche In Life, And A Woman To Fill It. | 34 |
| IX. | Life Or Death? | 37 |
| X. | Rough Ends. | 40 |
| XI. | Cross Corners. | 43 |
| XII. | A Reconnoissance. | 49 |
| XIII. | Development. | 54 |
| XIV. | A Drive With The Doctor. | 59 |
| XV. | New Duties. | 65 |
| XVI. | "Blessed Be Ye, Poor." | 68 |
| XVII. | Frost-Wonders. | 75 |
| XVIII. | Out In The Snow. | 79 |
| XIX. | A "Leading." | 85 |
| XX. | Paul. | 89 |
| XXI. | Pressure. | 94 |
| XXII. | Roger Armstrong's Story. | 99 |
| XXIII. | Question And Answer. | 103 |
| XXIV. | Conflict. | 112 |
| XXV. | A Game At Chess. | 116 |
| XXVI. | Lakeside. | 120 |
| XXVII. | At The Mills. | 124 |
| XXVIII. | Locked In. | 127 |
| XXIX. | Home. | 135 |
| XXX. | Aunt Henderson's Mystery. | 140 |
| XXXI. | Nurse Sampson's Way Of Looking At It. | 147 |
| XXXII. | Glory Mcwhirk's Inspiration. | 152 |
| XXXIII. | Last Hours. | 157 |
| XXXIV. | Mrs. Parley Gimp. | 160 |
| XXXV. | Indian Summer. | 164 |
| XXXVI. | Christmastide. | 169 |
| XXXVII. | The Wedding Journey. | 177 |
FAITH GARTNEY'S GIRLHOOD
[Pg 1]CHAPTER I.
"MONEY, MONEY!"
"Shoe the horse and shoe the mare,
And let the little colt go bare." |
East or West, it matters not where—the story may, doubtless, indicatesomething of latitude and longitude as it proceeds—in the city ofMishaumok, lived Henderson Gartney, Esq., one of those Americangentlemen of whom, if she were ever canonized, Martha of Bethany must bethe patron saint—if again, feminine celestials, sainthood once achievedthrough the weary experience of earth, don't know better than to assumesuch charge of wayward man—born, as they are, seemingly, to the lifedestiny of being ever "careful and troubled about many things."
We have all of us, as little girls, read "Rosamond." Now, one ofRosamond's early worries suggests a key to half the worries, early andlate, of grown men and women. The silver paper won't cover the basket.
Mr. Gartney had spent his years, from twenty-five to forty, insedulously tugging at the corners. He had had his share of silver paper,
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