Author of "Captain January," "Melody," "Queen Hildegarde,"
"Five-Minute Stories," "When I Was Your Age,"
"Narcissa," "Marie," "Nautilus," etc.

TWELFTH THOUSAND

BOSTON

DANA ESTES & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1896,
By Estes & Lauriat
All rights reserved

Colonial Press:

C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Electrotyped by Geo. C. Scott & Sons