REELS AND SPINDLES

A Story of Mill Life

BY

EVELYN RAYMOND

AUTHOR OF "A DAUGHTER OF THE WEST," "A LITTLE
LADY OF THE HORSE," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK T. MERRILL

BOSTON AND CHICAGO
W. A. WILDE COMPANY

Copyright, 1900,
By W. A. Wilde Company.
All rights reserved.

REELS AND SPINDLES.

"SHE PULLED A BOOK FROM HER POCKET AND BEGAN TO READ."

PREFACE.

It was love for others which made Amy Kaye make use of the first opportunity which offered, even though it was an humble one and she was handicapped by ignorance. But having once decided what course was right for her, she followed it with a singleness of purpose and a thoroughness of effort which brought a prompt success. The help she was to others was no small part of this success. For in an age of shams and low ideals the influence of even one sincere girl is far-reaching; and when to that sincerity she adds the sympathy which makes another's interests as vital to her as her own, this influence becomes incalculable for good.

It is the author's hope that the story of "Reels and Spindles" may aid some young readers to comprehend and make their own this beauty of simplicity and this charm of sympathy which are the outcome of unselfishness.

E. R.

Baltimore, April 3, 1900.

CONTENTS.