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1203404Haworth's1879Frances Hodgson Burnett

HE WAS SO NEAR THAT HER DRESS ALMOST TOUCHED HIM.

HAWORTH'S


BY


FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT,


AUTHOR OF "THAT LASS O' LOWRIE'S."




NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS,
743 AND 745 BROADWAY.
1879.

COPYRIGHT BY

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT,

1879

(All rights reserved.)


Trow's

Printing and Bookbinding Co.,

205–213 East 12th St.,

New York

CONTENTS.




page
Twenty Years. 1
Thirty Years. 11
"Not Finished". 16
Janey Briarley. 21
The Beginning of a Friendship. 25
Miss Ffrench. 30
The "Who'd Ha' Thowt It?" 39
Mr. Ffrench. 45
"Not for One Hour". 49
Christian Murdoch. 59
Miss Ffrench Returns. 66

Granny Dixon. 74
Mr. Ffrench visits the Works. 82
Nearly an Accident. 90
"It would be a Good Thing". 97
"A Poor Chap as is allus i' Trouble". 101
A Flower. 107
"Haworth & Co." 115
An Unexpected Guest. 123
Miss Ffrench makes a Call. 130
In which Mrs. Briarley's Position is Delicate. 137
Again. 142
"Ten Shillings' Worth". 152
At an End. 160
"I Shall not turn Back". 165

A Revolution. 169
The Beginning. 178
A Speech. 186
"Sararann". 192
Mrs. Haworth and Granny Dixon. 198
Haworth's Defender. 205
Christian Murdoch. 211
A Seed Sown. 220
A Climax. 227
"I am not ready for it yet". 241
Settling an Account. 245
A Summer Afternoon. 254
"God Bless You!" 261
"It is done with". 267

"Look Out!" 274
"It has all been a Lie". 284
"Another Man!" 290
"Even". 294
"Why do you cry for Me?" 299
"It is Worse than I Thought". 305
Once Again. 311
A Footstep. 316
Finished 322
"If Aught's for Me, Remember It". 327
An After-Dinner Speech. 336
"Th' On'y One as is na a Foo'!" 343
"Haworth's is done with". 350
"A Bit o' Good Black". 363
"It will be to You". 369

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.




He was so near that Her Dress almost touched Him. Frontispiece.
Haworth's First Appearance 1
"Yo're th' very Moral on Him 80
"sit down," She said, "and Talk to Me" 116
"I Stand Here, my Lad," He answered 182
She Turned her Face toward Him. "Good-Night," She
answered
278
"You've been Here all Night" 323
It was Reddy who aimed the Blow 330

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1879, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1924, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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