by
William Pett Ridge
London
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
1898
Chapter 7 Mord Em’ly’s mother justified her daughter’s confidence. The interview took place in the presence of Mrs. Wingham, and the two excellent ladies talked to each other, and at Mord Em’ly. It seemed to Mord Em’ly that her mother’s face was thinner. “As I say, ma’am,” remarked Mord Em’ly’s mother, “I only hope she’s…
Lucy Larcom is one of the best-known mill girls. In this book, she describes her early years in Massachusetts.
The Cotton Factory of To-day
CHAPTER X THROWN OUT OF THE LADIES’ GALLERY — I MEET LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON April 25th, 1906, was a red-letter day for me. I was to have a seat in the Ladies’ Gallery of the House of Commons, in order to join in a protest that had to be made. Mr. Keir Hardie introduced a…
Chapter 8: By the River
Chapter 4 She leaned forward, and watched the lighted shops, the crowded pavements, and listened hungrily to the noise of traffic. She was so absorbed in doing this that she gave the conductor absently the coppers for a twopenny ticket, and omitted to answer his caustic reference to her outstretched foot. When he had gone…