CONTENTS.

I. JENNIE'S HOME.

II. THE POLICE-SERGEANT'S STORY.

III. LITTLE PITCHERS.

IV. PAPA'S STORY.

V. LIGHT THROUGH THE CLOUDS.

VI. UNCLE RUTHVEN.

VII. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.

VIII. FRANKY.

IX. " BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS. "

X. TWO SURPRISES.

XI. BLIND WILLIE.

XII. MAGGIE'S BOOK.

XIII. DISAPPOINTMENT.

XIV. AUNT PATTY.

XV. WILLIE'S VISIT.

XVI. WILLIE'S RECOVERY.

Title: Bessie and Her Friends

Author: Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

Language: English

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BOOKS BY JOANNA H. MATHEWS.

I. THE BESSIE BOOKS.

6 vols. In a box. $7.50.

II. THE FLOWERETS.

A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE COMMANDMENTS.

6 vols. In a box. $3.60.

III. LITTLE SUNBEAMS.

6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

IV. KITTY AND LULU BOOKS.

6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

V. MISS ASHTON'S GIRLS.

6 vols. In a neat box. $7.50.

VI. HAPS AND MISHAPS.

6 vols. $7.50.

BY JULIA A. MATHEWS.

I. DARE TO DO RIGHT SERIES.

5 vols. In a box. $5.50.

II. DRAYTON HALL STORIES.

Illustrative of the Beatitudes. 6 vols. In a box. $4.50.

III. THE GOLDEN LADDER SERIES.

Stories illustrative of the Lord's Prayer. 6 vols. $3.00.

ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,

New York.

Bessie and her Friends.

BY

JOANNA H. MATHEWS,

AUTHOR OF "BESSIE AT THE SEASIDE," "BESSIE IN THE
CITY," &C.

"Speak not evil one of another."

"Bear ye one another's burdens."

NEW YORK:
ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,

530 Broadway.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
Robert Carter and Brothers,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

To

MY SISTER BELLA,

WHOSE LOVING CONSIDERATION

Has lightened the "burden" of many an otherwise weary hour.