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THE LITTLE GIRL LOST
by ELEANOR RAPER
The Dumpy Books for Children.
No. XIV. THE LITTLE GIRL LOST.
The Dumpy Books for Children
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1. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice, by E.V. Lucas
2. Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories
3. The Bad Family, by Mrs. Fenwick
4. The Story of Little Black Sambo. Illustrated in Colours, by Helen Bannerman
5. The Bountiful Lady, by Thomas Cobb
6. A Cat Book, Portraits by H. Officer Smith, Characteristics by E.V. Lucas
7. A Flower Book. Illustrated in Colours by Nellie Benson. Story by Eden Coybee
8. The Pink Knight. Illustrated in Colours by J. R. Monsell
9. The Little Clown, by Thomas Cobb
10. A Horse Book, by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated in Colours
11. Little People: An Alphabet, by Henry Mayer and T. W. H. Crosland. Illustrated in Colours
12. A Dog Book. Pictures in Colours by Carton Moore Park. Text by Ethel Bicknell
13. The Adventures of Samuel and Selina, by Jean C. Archer. Illustrated in Colours
14. The Little Girl Lost, by Eleanor Raper
15. Dollies. Pictures by Ruth Cobb. Verses by Richard Hunter
16. The Bad Mrs. Ginger, by Honor C. Appleton. Illustrated in Colours
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The Little Girl Lost
A Tale for Little Girls
BY ELEANOR RAPER
LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS
1902
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
TO LITTLE PHYLLIS
E. R.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| 1. | Nelly and Her Friends | 1 |
| 2. | Lost | 9 |
| 3. | A Journey in a Cart | 24 |
| 4. | Alone among the Chinese | 35 |
| 5. | The Search | 45 |
| 6. | In Captivity | 53 |
| 7. | The Cheshire Cat | 63 |
| 8. | The Chang Family | 74 |
| 9. | Chi Fu's Scheme | 85 |
| 10. | Preparations for Flight | 96 |
| 11. | An Unpleasant Surprise | 107 |
| 12. | Poor Mule! | 121 |
| 13. | The Road to Peking | 136 |
| 14. | Father and Mother | 146 |
| Conclusion | 156 |
The Little Girl Lost
CHAPTER I
NELLY AND HER FRIENDS
Nelly Grey was a little English girl who had never been in England. She was born in China, and went with her father and mother to live in the British Legation compound in Peking when she was only three years old. A compound is a kind of big courtyard, with other courts and houses inside. Nelly's was a large one, and very open. It had several houses in it: not like we have in England, but only one storey high, and with deep, shady verandahs round them. There were also a little church, some tennis-courts, and several small buildings for the Chinese servants at the back.
Nelly could speak both English and Chinese very well. She could play the piano a little, though not so well as most English children of nine years old. She could ride a donkey, skate, and play tennis, but she had never seen a bicycle or a real carriage, because there were no such things in Peking. But Nelly was quite lively although she was shut up in a compound all the time. She would have been ashamed to feel dull and cross, for she had once heard the Minister's