THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF TOWER HILL.

By L. T. MEADE,

Author of "A Sweet Girl Graduate," "The Lady of the Forest," "A World of Girls," "Polly", "The Palace Beautiful," etc.

SIX PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK
A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.

[Transcriber's note: This book contains the following stories as well: "Tom, Pepper, and Trusty", "Billy Anderson and his Troubles", "The Old Organ-Man". The table of contents in the book was only for The Little Princess of Tower Hill. I have created the table of contents for the other stories.]

CONTENTS.

THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF TOWER HILL
PAGE

CHAPTER I.

Her Very Young Days 1

CHAPTER II.

Father's Short Visitor 12

CHAPTER III.

Snubbed 23

CHAPTER IV.

The Stable Clock 35

CHAPTER V.

The Empty Hutch 49

CHAPTER VI.

Jo's Room 63

CHAPTER VII.

In Violet 77

CHAPTER VIII.

Choosing Her Colors 103

CHAPTER IX.

A Jolly Plan 113

CHAPTER X.

A Great Fear 127

CHAPTER XI.

Going Home 142

CHAPTER XII.

In the Wood 151

CHAPTER XIII.

Thank God for All 165

TOM, PEPPER, AND TRUSTY.

CHAPTER I. 173

CHAPTER II. 177

CHAPTER III. 190

CHAPTER IV. 200

CHAPTER V. 204

CHAPTER VI. 214

BILLY ANDERSEN AND HIS TROUBLES.

CHAPTER I. 216

CHAPTER II. 220

CHAPTER III. 228

CHAPTER IV. 237

CHAPTER V. 240

CHAPTER VI. 243

THE OLD ORGAN-MAN.

CHAPTER I. 252

CHAPTER II. 258

CHAPTER III. 268

CHAPTER IV. 273

THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF TOWER HILL

CHAPTER I.

HER VERY YOUNG DAYS.

All the other children who knew her thought Maggie a wonderfully fortunate little girl. She was sometimes spoken about as the "Little Princess of Tower Hill," for Tower Hill was the name of her father's place, and Maggie was his only child. The children in the village close by spoke of her with great respect, and looked at her with a good deal of longing and also no slight degree of envy, for while they had to run about in darned and shabby frocks, Maggie could wear the gayest and daintiest little dresses, and while they had to trudge sometimes even on little bare feet, Maggie could sit by her mother's side and be carried rapidly over the ground in a most delicious