Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE DAUGHTER OF A SOLDIER

A Colleen of South Ireland

by

MRS. L. T. MEADE

Author of "Oceana's Girlhood," "A Wild Irish Girl," "The Girls of Merton
College," "For Dear Dad," "Kitty O'donovan," "Peggy from
Kerry," "The Chesterton Girl Graduates," "The Girls of
King's Royal," "The Lady of Jerry Boy's Dreams,"
"A Plucky Girl," "The Queen of Joy," "A
Girl of High Adventure," "Jill,
the Irresistible," etc.

With Four Half-Tone Illustrations by Charles L. Wrenn

New York Hurst & Company Publishers

Copyright, 1915, by Hurst & Company

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. PERIWINKLES 1

II. EAVESDROPPING 14

III. KINGSALA BY THE SEA 33

IV. THE O'SHEE 48

V. THE MAJOR AND HIS CHILD 59

VI. COLONEL HERBERT TO THE RESCUE 70

VII. HAPPINESS 83

VIII. SUMMER WITH AN EAST WIND 95

IX. STEP-DAUGHTERS 109

X. AT TEMPLEMORE 117

XI. THE GRAND BLÜTHNER 122

XII. POPSY-DAD 134

XIII. FLY-AWAY 156

XIV. FELICITY 171

XV. MISS PINCHIN 183

XVI. THE POWER OF HATRED 192

XVII. THE HOME OF SILENCE 200

XVIII. THE PEAK OF DESOLATION WHERE GOD WAS 206

XIX. THE LOVE THAT PASSETH KNOWLEDGE 221

XX. A FAILURE 236

XXI. THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE SCHOOL 249

XXII. THE WHITE ANGEL 262

XXIII. THE WOUNDED HAND AND ARM 278

XXIV. WHITE FLOWERS AND FORGIVENESS FOREVERMORE 289

XXV. FUZZY-WUZZY 303

XXVI. THE LESSON NOT YET LEARNED 314

XXVII. THE LEARNING OF LIFE'S LESSON 319

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE She was listening intently to the song of the lark _Frontispiece_

She could ride by a sort of instinct. She was part of her horse 85

She stretched out her arms and sang in her glorious voice 204

"Stoop close to me.... You are Maureen and I love you" 288

THE DAUGHTER OF A SOLDIER.