



Produced by Al Haines.





[Illustration: When the wagon came Nell was placed inside (page 138)]




                             *NELL AND HER
                              GRANDFATHER*

                      *Told from Charles Dickens's
                       "The Old Curiosity Shop"*



                      THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD.
                    LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK
                                  1908




                      PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN AT
                      THE PRESS OF THE PUBLISHERS.




                              *CONTENTS.*

      I. The Old Curiosity Shop
     II. Driven from Home
    III. In the Open Country
     IV. The Village School
      V. The Caravan
     VI. The Wax-work Show
    VII. Nell the Bread-Winner
   VIII. Trouble for Nell
     IX. Flying from Temptation
      X. A Bed of Ashes
     XI. A Friend in Need
    XII. Peace after Storm




                       _*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.*_


When the wagon came Nell was placed inside... _Frontispiece_

The old man gave an angry reply

Forth from the city went the two poor wanderers (missing from book)

So they set off together

The tea things were set forth upon a drum (missing from book)

After a few moments she moved nearer to the group




                      *NELL AND HER GRANDFATHER.*



                              *Chapter I.*

                       *THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.*


One evening an Old Gentleman was taking a walk in the city of London,
when some one spoke to him in a soft, sweet voice that fell pleasantly
upon his ears. He turned hastily round, and found at his elbow a pretty
little girl of some thirteen summers, who begged to be directed to a
certain street which was in quite another part of London.

"It is a very long way from here, my child," said the Old Gentleman.

"I know that, sir," she replied timid