CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE The Orphan Asylum--Rose's Introduction to it--Mrs. Markham--Rose's Initiation--Timmins 15 CHAPTER II. Mr. Balch. 27 CHAPTER III. Rose's Companions--The Dining-Table and the Schoolroom. 30 CHAPTER IV. Aunt Dolly--How it came to Pass--Two Old Maids' Opinions on Literature, Men and Marriage generally, and on the Bachelors of Difftown particularly. 34 CHAPTER V. Little Tibbs--An Instance of Mrs. Markham's "Motherly Care" of the Orphans. 39 CHAPTER VI. The Fashionable Undertaker. 45 CHAPTER VII. The Investigating Committee "Inspect" the Asylum--Mr. Balch privately records the Verdict on the Hand of the Matron. 48 CHAPTER VIII. Tibbs' Ghost. 54 CHAPTER IX. Aunt Dolly Removes Rose from the Asylum--The Ride "Home"--Dolly's Ideas of Nature, Sentiment, and Duty. 57 CHAPTER X. Aunt Dolly Refuses Rose's Request to be sent to School, and attempts to convince her that Lying is the Best Policy. 68 CHAPTER XI. Mr. Clifton, The Village Minister--The Parsonage. 71 CHAPTER XII. Mr. Clifton's Pastoral Call on Dolly--The Conversation about Rose. 76 CHAPTER XIII. Death at the Parsonage. 82 CHAPTER XIV. Rose Requests of Aunt Dolly a Memento of her Mother. 86 CHAPTER XV. Rose in the Milliner Shop. 90 CHAPTER XVI. Mrs. Clifton Visits "the Baby's" Grave--A pleasant Surprise--Dolly's Sickness--Daffy's Soliloquy. 94 CHAPTER XVII. Dolly Convalesces and Effervesces--Baking-Day, and Rose's first Attempt at Cooking--Heart's-ease. 101 CHAPTER XVIII. Village Gossip--The desolate Parsonage. 109 CHAPTER XIX. The Child-mother--Aunt Dolly's Letter. 112 CHAPTER XX. A Glimpse at Bachelor Quarters. 119 CHAPTER XXI. Rose's sick Babe--Aunt Dolly, as the Fashionable Mrs. John Howe. 122 CHAPTER XXII. Old Mrs. Bond's Visit to the City--Silent Reproof. 128 CHAPTER XXIII. Mr. Finels, Mrs. Howe's Intimate Friend--Mrs. Bond's Interview with Rose. 133

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