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[Illustration: Cover art]






CHRISTINA



BY

L. G. MOBERLY

_Author of "Hope, My Wife," "That Preposterous Will," etc._




WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON, MELBOURNE & TORONTO

1912




Dedicated to

WINIFRED V. WALKER,

WITH MUCH LOVE.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER

     I. "THE LITTLE PRACTICAL JOKE"
    II. "MUMMY'S BABA--DAT'S ALL"
   III. "ONE OF THE BEST THINGS LEFT"
    IV. "I SUPPOSE IT WAS AN HOUR"
     V. "I KNOW THIS IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY"
    VI. "BABA LOVES YOU VERY MUCH".
   VII. "A VERY BEAUTIFUL PENDANT, WITH THE INITIALS 'A.V.C.'"
  VIII. "IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH"
    IX. "A VERY BEAUTIFUL LADY"
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