Nettie comforts her Mother.THE
CARPENTER'S DAUGHTER.
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called
the children of God."
BY THE AUTHORS OF "THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD," ETC. ETC.
WITH COLOURED FRONTISPIECE.
LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE.
BY THE AUTHORS OF "THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD."
Price ONE SHILLING each, with coloured Frontispiece
THE TWO SCHOOLGIRLS.
THE CARPENTER'S DAUGHTER.
THE PRINCE IN DISGUISE.
GERTRUDE AND HER BIBLE.
MARTHA AND RACHEL.
THE WIDOW AND HER DAUGHTER.
THE LITTLE BLACK HEN.
THE ROSE IN THE DESERT.
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS.
London: Savill, Edwards & Co., Printers, Chandos Street.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | SATURDAY EVENING'S WORK | 1 |
| II. | SUNDAY'S REST | 20 |
| III. | NETTIE'S GARRET | 55 |
| IV. | THE BROWN CLOAK IN NOVEMBER | 69 |
| V. | THE NEW BLANKET | 82 |
| VI. | THE HOUSE-RAISING | 97 |
| VII. | THE WAFFLES | 112 |
| VIII. | THE GOLDEN CITY | 135 |
THE CARPENTER'S DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER I.
SATURDAY EVENING'S WORK.
Down in a little hollow, with the sidesgrown full of wild thorn, alder bushes, andstunted cedars, ran the stream of a clearspring. It ran over a bed of pebbly stones,showing every one as if there had been nowater there, so clear it was; and it ran witha swee