Jessica’s First Prayer
and
Jessica’s Mother

“‘Lord, these are the lambs of thy flock.’”

Jessica’s First Prayer

Jessica’s Mother

Hesba Stretton

New York
H. M. Caldwell Co.
Publishers

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
The Coffee-Stall and its Keeper	PAGE 5
CHAPTER II.
Jessica’s Temptation	15
CHAPTER III.
An Old Friend in a New Dress	23
CHAPTER IV.
Peeps into Fairy-land	35
CHAPTER V.
A New World Opens	44
CHAPTER VI.
The First Prayer	50
CHAPTER VII.
Hard Questions	54
4CHAPTER VIII.
An Unexpected Visitor	60
CHAPTER IX.
Jessica’s First Prayer Answered	69
CHAPTER X.
The Shadow of Death	82
Jessica’s Mother

In a screened and secluded corner of one of the many railway-b

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