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Alone in London
By the Author of
"Jessica's First Prayer," "Little Meg's Children," etc.
LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
56, PATERNOSTER Row; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD:
AND 164, PICCADILLY.
Right of Translation Reserved.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I. NOT ALONE
II. WAIFS AND STRAYS
III. A LITTLE PEACEMAKER
VII. THE PRINCE OF LIFE
VIII. NO PIPE FOR OLD OLIVER
IX. A NEW BROOM AND A CROSSING
XI. AMONG THIEVES
XII. TONY'S WELCOME
XIII. NEW BOOTS
XIV. IN HOSPITAL
XVI. A BUD FADING
XVII. A VERY DARK SHADOW
XVIII. NO ROOM FOR DOLLY
XIX. THE GOLDEN CITY
XXI. POLLY
CHAPTER I.
NOT ALONE.
It had been a close and sultry day—one of thehottest of the dog-days—even out in theopen country, where the dusky green leaveshad never stirred upon their stems since the sunrise,and where the birds had found themselves too languidfor any songs beyond a faint chirp now and then. Allday long the sun had shone down steadily upon thestreets of London, with a fierce glare and glowingheat, until the barefooted children had felt the dustypavement burn under their tread almost as painfu