Who Stole the Tarts?

CHAPTER XXVIII THE WAR — MR. LLOYD GEORGE APPROACHES US — OUR MUNITION WORK — LORD NORTHCLIFFE — I VISIT AUSTRALIA I cabled from the boat to Miss Roe : “Have to speak on Balkans. Get me all the books possible.” So on my arrival I found that Grace Roe had procured a library for…

Chapter I The Two Little Girls who Laughed “I don’t want to — I don’t want to — I don’t want to — go to college — go to college — go to college. I don’t want to — go to college.” The words chanted themselves monotonously over and over in Elinor’s brain, keeping time…

Chapter 18 Mord Em’ly paid another visit to the registry office, where her name and a shilling had been recorded with some desire to see if the unexpected happened. Her vague hopes were that she might obtain an engagement at some distant dining-rooms, where she could remain in hiding until Wetherell had forgotten her; that…

CHAPTER I.LOWELL SIXTY YEARS AGO. “That wonderful city of spindles and looms, And thousands of factory folk.” The life of a people or of a class is best illustrated by its domestic scenes, or by character sketches of the men and women who form a part of it. The historian is a species of mental…

CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE MILL-GIRL’S ALMA MATER. The education of a child is an all-around process, and he or she owes only a part of it to school or college training. The child to whom neither college nor school is open must find his whole education in his surroundings, and in the life he is…