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Magnum Bonum By: Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) |
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or Mother Carey's Brood by Charlotte M Yonge CONTENTS. I. JOE BROWNLOW'S FANCY II. THE CHICKENS III. THE WHITE SLATE IV. THE STRAY CHICKENS V. BRAINS AND NO BRAINS VI. ENCHANTED GROUND VII. THE COLONEL'S CHICKENS VIII. THE FOLLY IX. FLIGHTS X. ELLEN'S MAGNUM BONUMS XI. UNDINE XII. KING MIDAS XIII. THE RIVAL HEIRESSES XIV. PUMPING AWAY XV. THE BELFOREST MAGNUM BONUM XVI. POSSESSION XVII. POPINJAY PARLOUR XVIII. AN OFFER FOR MAGNUM BONUM XIX. THE SNOWY WINDING SHEET XX. A RACE XXI. AN ACT OF INDEPENDENCE XXII. SHUTTING THE STABLE DOOR XXIII. THE LOST TREASURE XXIV. THE ANGEL MOUNTAIN XXV. THE LAND OF AFTERNOON XXVI. MOONSHINE XXVII. BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET XXVIII. THE TURN OF THE WHEEL XXIX. FRIENDS AND UNFRIENDS XXX. AS WEEL OFF AS AYE WAGGING XXXI. SLACK TIDE XXXII. THE COST XXXIII. BITTER FAREWELLS XXXIV. BLIGHTED BEINGS XXXV. THE PHANTOM BLACKCOCK OF KILNAUGHT XXXVI. OF NO CONSEQUENCE XXXVII. THE TRAVELLER'S JOY XXXVIII. THE TRUST FULFILLED XXXIX. THE TRUANT XL. EVIL OUT OF GOOD XLI. GOOD OUT OF EVIL XLII. DISENCHANTED MAGNUM BONUM; OR, MOTHER CAREY'S BROOD.
CHAPTER I. JOE BROWNLOW'S FANCY. The lady said, "An orphan's fate
Is sad and hard to bear." Scott.
"Mother, you could do a great kindness." "Well, Joe?" "If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath's here for
the holidays. After all the rest, she has had the measles last and
worst, and they don't know what to do with her, for she came from the
asylum for officers' daughters, and has no home at all, and they must
go away to have the house purified. They can't take her with them,
for their sister has children, and she will have to roam from room to
room before the whitewashers, which is not what I should wish in the
critical state of chest left by measles." "What is her name?" "Allen. The cry was always for Miss Allen when the sick girls wanted
to be amused." "Allen! I wonder if it can be the same child as the one Robert was
interested about. You don't remember, my dear. It was the year you
were at Vienna, when one of Robert's brother officers died on the
voyage out to China, and he sent home urgent letters for me to
canvass right and left for the orphan's election. You know Robert
writes much better than he speaks, and I copied over and over again
his account of the poor young man to go with the cards. 'Caroline
Otway Allen, aged seven years, whole orphan, daughter of Captain
Allen, l07th Regiment;' yes, that's the way it ran." "The year I was at Vienna, and Robert went out to China. That was
eleven years ago. She must be the very child, for she is only
eighteen. They sent her to Miss Heath's to grow a little older, for
though she was at the head of everything at the asylum, she looks so
childish that they can't send her out as a governess. Did you see
her, mother?" "Oh, no! I never had anything to do with her; but if she is daughter
to a friend of Robert's " Mother and son looked at each other in congratulation. Robert was
the stepson, older by several years, and was viewed as the
representative of sober common sense in the family. Joe and his
mother did like to feel a plan quite free from Robert's condemnation
for enthusiasm or impracticability, and it was not the worse for his
influence, that he had been generally with his regiment, and when
visiting them was a good deal at the United Service Club. He had
lately married an heiress in a small way, retired from the army, and
settled in a house of hers in a country town, and thus he could give
his dicta with added weight. Only a parent or elder brother would, however, have looked on "Joe"
as a youth, for he was some years over thirty, with a mingled air of
keenness, refinement, and alacrity about his slight but active form,
altogether with the air of some implement, not meant for ornament but
for use, and yet absolutely beautiful, through perfection of polish,
finish, applicability, and a sharpness never meant to wound, but
deserving to be cherished in a velvet case... Continue reading book >>
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