PUBLISHER'S NOTE

This little stor ; by Miss Marshall Saunders,
author of “Beautiful Joe,” appeared some years
ago in Ringland, in the interests of a benevo-
lent institution. It has seemed worthy of a
wider publication, and hence it is brought out
in its present dress. The infantile grace and
quaint ways of the little child; her influence in
shaping a somewhat warped life, with all its
incidental lessons, and the final happy ending of
it all, will give the little story, We are sure, a

wide audience and a cordial reception.