CONTENTS. Page CHAPTER I. Bessie Meets with an Adventure 1 CHAPTER II. " Here Is Our Bessie " 16 CHAPTER III. Hatty 31 CHAPTER IV. A Cosy Morning 46 CHAPTER V. The Oatlands Post-mark 61 CHAPTER VI. Little Miss Much-afraid 74 CHAPTER VII. In the Kentish Lanes 87 CHAPTER VIII. At the Grange 101 CHAPTER IX. Richard Sefton 115 CHAPTER X. Bessie Is Introduced to Bill Sykes 129 CHAPTER XI. Edna Has a Grievance 148 CHAPTER XII. The First Sunday at the Grange 156 CHAPTER XIII. Whitefoot in Requisition 171 CHAPTER XIV. Bessie Snubs A Hero 183 CHAPTER XV. " She Will Not Come " 197 CHAPTER XVI. A Note From Hatty 209 CHAPTER XVII. " Trouble May Come To Me One Day " 222 CHAPTER XVIII. " Farewell, Night " 236 CHAPTER XIX. " I Must Not Think of Myself " 249 CHAPTER XX. " Bessie's Second Flitting " 263 CHAPTER XXI. On the Parade 276 CHAPTER XXII. Bessie Buys A Japanese Fan 289 CHAPTER XXIII. Mrs. Sefton Has Another Visitor 303 CHAPTER XXIV. In the Coombe Woods 318