CHAPTER I. A HOT DAY AT NO. 8

II. GETTING READY

III. SOUTH BAY

IV. THE GABLED FARM

V. THREE-AND-SIXPENCE

VI. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL

VII. WALTER'S TREAT

VIII. SETTING TO WORK

IX. CHRISTINA

X. BEREFT OF ALL

XI. THE LIFE-BOAT

XII. THE GOOD-NIGHT KISS

XIII. SCRAPS AND RIBBONS

XIV. HAPPY DAYS

XV. WALTER'S SECRET

XVI. DISAPPOINTMENT

XVII. PLANS

XVIII. SORE HEARTS

XIX. "SHE WAS SENT ME BY GOD"

XX. THE HAY-LOFT

XXI. THE LAST WALK

XXII. HOME AGAIN AT NO. 8

XXIII. "MOTHER'S EYES ARE VERY TIRED"

XXIV. A BASKET OF FLOWERS

XXV. FATHERLESS BAIRNS

XXVI. SAVED FROM THE RIVER

XXVII. THE ANSWER

XXVIII. "GOOD-BYE"

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BE brave, my brother! He whom thou servest slights Not even His weakest one; No deed, tho' poor, shall be forgot, However feebly done. The prayer, the wish, the thought, The faintly-spoken word, The plan that seemed to come to nought, Each has its own reward.

Be brave, my brother! Enlarge thy heart and soul, Spread out thy free, glad love; Encompass earth, embrace the sea, As does that sky above. Let no man see thee stand In slothful idleness, As if there were no work for thee In such a wilderness.

Be brave, my brother! Stint not the liberal hand, Give in the joy of love; So shall thy crown be bright, and great Thy recompense above; Reward, not like the deed— That poor weak deed of thine; But like the God Himself who gives, Eternal and divine.

H. BONAR.

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THE GABLED FARM;

OR,

Young Workers for the King.

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