"VULCAN, VULCAN, LET ME TIE YOUR CAP-STRINGS."Terry
or, She ought to have been a Boy
BY
ROSA MULHOLLAND
(LADY GILBERT)
Author of "Girls of Banshee Castle" "Four Little Mischiefs" "Giannetta""Cynthia's Bonnet-shop" &c.
ILLUSTRATED BY E. A. CUBITT
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND DUBLIN
CONTENTS
| Chap. | Page | |
| I. | "I hope she will be changed!" | 5 |
| II. | "Only Miss Terry come back to us!" | 11 |
| III. | A Wet Day | 20 |
| IV. | Dreadfully Good | 34 |
| V. | "Bad Again!" | 41 |
| VI. | A Brass Helmet | 61 |
| VII. | Up the Chimney | 76 |
| VIII. | The Runaway Boat | 93 |
TERRY
CHAPTER I
"I HOPE SHE WILL BE CHANGED!"
"Think of what it was to manage her in the summer months!" said dear oldMadam Trimleston, looking wistfully at Nurse Nancy. "What could we do withher this winter weather? I do hope she will be changed. Don't you think itlikely that school will have done something for her?"
"Of course I do, madam. What else did we break our hearts sendin' her therefor? And little Turly, that would ha' been content to stay here peaceableif she would ha' let him alone! Sure it's often I say to myself that it'sTerry ought to have been the boy."
"The same idea has occurred to me, Nancy. Not that we ought to criticisethe arrangements of Providence."
"Well, madam," said Nurse Nancy, "I don't agree that Providence hasanything to do with[Pg 6] it. Providence doesn't make many mistakes, I'mthinkin'