



Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from
scanned images of public domain material from the Google
Print project.









THE GIRLS AND I




[Illustration: 'We ran over the fields by a short cut to a stile on to
the road, where we could see her pass, and there we shouted out again
all our messages.'--c. xi. p. 168.]




THE GIRLS AND I: A
Veracious History


[Illustration]


BY MRS MOLESWORTH

Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke

London Macmillan & Co.
MDCCCXCII




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER I OURSELVES                                                  1

  CHAPTER II THE DIAMOND ORNAMENT                                     16

  CHAPTER III WORK FOR THE TOWN-CRIER                                 30

  CHAPTER IV AT THE DANCING CLASS                                     46

  CHAPTER V RODNEY SQUARE                                             63

  CHAPTER VI THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW                                 79

  CHAPTER VII FOUR 'IF'S' AND A COINCIDENCE                           95

  CHAPTER VIII MOSSMOOR FARM                                         110

  CHAPTER IX SPYING THE LAND                                         125

  CHAPTER X A LONG AGO ADVENTURE                                     140

  CHAPTER XI MISCHIEF IN THE AIR                                     157

  CHAPTER XII MISS CROSS-AT-FIRST'S FUR CAPE                         173




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  'JACK, DO HELP ME TO FASTEN THIS BRACELET'                          24

  'I'D GIVE ANYTHING, I'D ALMOST GIVE MYSELF, TO FIND IT'             48

  'THE DOOR OPENED A LITTLE WIDER, AND TWO FACES APPEARED'            74

  'I JUST STOOD STILL... AND LOOKED WELL ROUND AT