



Produced by Al Haines








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[Frontispiece: _THE TWO MAIDEN AUNTS._]





TWO MAIDEN AUNTS


BY

MARY H. DEBENHAM



AUTHOR OF 'MISTRESS PHIL' 'A LITTLE CANDLE ETC.


_WITH TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS_

_BY GERTRUDE D. HAMMOND_




LONDON

NATIONAL SOCIETY'S REPOSITORY

BROAD SANCTUARY, WESTMINSTER

NEW YORK: THOMAS WHITTAKER, 2 & 3 BIBLE HOUSE


[All rights reserved]


1895




_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_


  THE MAVIS AND THE MERLIN.  Price 2s.
  MY GOD-DAUGHTER.  Price 2s.
  MOOR AND MOSS.  Price 2s. 6d.
  FOR KING AND HOME.  Price 2s. 6d.
  MISTRESS PHIL.  Price 2s.
  A LITTLE CANDLE.  Price 3s. 6d.
  FAIRMEADOWS FARM.  Price 2s.
  ST. HELEN'S WELL.  Price 2s.


NATIONAL SOCIETY'S DEPOSITORY,

SANCTUARY, WESTMINSTER. S.W.




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CONTENTS


CHAPTER

    I.  THE AUNTS
   II.  THE NEPHEW
  III.  THE FIRST DAY
   IV.  A HEART OF OAK
    V.  THE WRONG END
   VI.  CHRISTMAS AT OAKFIELD
  VII.  HERO AND HEROINES
 VIII.  IN THE CHANNEL
   IX.  IN PORT


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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE TWO MAIDEN AUNTS................ (_Frontispiece_)

'WHAT USEFUL THINGS SHALL I DO,' HE ASKED