ZOE
BY THE AUTHOR OF
'LADDIE,' 'DON,' 'POMONA,' 'BELLE,' 'PHOEBE'S HERO,'
'MISS TOOSEY'S MISSION,' 'TIP CAT,' ETC.
[Transcriber's note: The British Library Integrated Catalogue citesEvelyn Whitaker as the author of this book.]
LONDON: 38 Soho Square. W.1
W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED
EDINBURGH: 339 High Street
1890
[Transcriber's note: The source book had varying page headers. Theyhave been collected at the start of each chapter as an introductoryparagraph, and here as the Table of Contents.]
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
The Christening—An Outlandish Name—The Organist'sMistake—Farm-work—Tom and Bill—The Baby—Baby and All
CHAPTER II.
Mr Robins—Village Choirs—Edith—An Elopement—A Father's Sorrow—AnUnhappy Pair—The Wanderer's Return—Father!—A Daughter'sEntreater—No Favourable Answer—A Sleepless Pillow
CHAPTER III.
Something on the Doorstep—Bill Gray—Is That a Cat?—She's LikeMother—A Baby's Shoe—Jane Restless
CHAPTER IV.
Village Evidence—'Gray' on the Brain—Too Well He Knew—Mr Robins andthe Baby—He Had Not Done Badly
CHAPTER V.
Jane Hard at Work—Clothes for the Baby—Jane Returns—Jane Singingover her Work—Jane's Selfish Absorption—For a Poor Person'sChild—The Organist in Church
CHAPTER VI.
The Good Baby—Mr Robins Comes and Goes—A Secret Power—Mr RobinsHappy—A Naughty Tiresome Gal!—The Gypsy Child
CHAPTER VII.
Gray Taken to the Hospital—Bill and the Baby—Mrs Gray HomeAgain—Edith, Come Home!
CHAPTER VIII.
Preparation—The Room Furnished—Mrs Gray at Work—The Baby Gone—TheGypsy Mother—The Gypsy's Story—A Foolish Fancy—Something HasHappened—The Real Baby
ZOE.
CHAPTER I.
The Christening—An Outlandish Name—The Organist'sMistake—Farm-work—Tom and Bill—The Baby—Ba