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FOR JOHN'S SAKE; AND OTHER STORIES.

[Illustration: _Frontispiece._

"Ruth advanced to the table, and with trembling hands put her full glass
down."--_Page 4._]




FOR JOHN'S SAKE

AND OTHER STORIES.

BY

ANNIE FRANCES PERRAM.

_Author of "That Boy Mick," "Go Work," "The Opposite House," &c._

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  LONDON:
  WESLEYAN METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
  2 AND 3 LUDGATE CIRCUS BUILDINGS; 2 CASTLE STREET, CITY ROAD, E.C.




PREFACE.


IT is probable that many of these pages may be read with the comforting
conviction that the scenes they depict and the