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"PROBABLE SONS"
BY
AMY LEFEUVRE
AUTHOR OF "CHERRY," "THE ODD ONE," ETC.
"_A little child shall lead them_."

1896

[Illustration: The Broken Statue.]

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. AN UNWELCOME LEGACY
CHAPTER II. DAVID AND GOLIATH
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER IV. MRS. MAXWELL'S SORROW
CHAPTER V. A PRODIGAL
CHAPTER VI. A PROMISE KEPT
CHAPTER VII. CROSS-EXAMINATION
CHAPTER VIII. "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER"
CHAPTER IX. "A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM"

"PROBABLE SONS."
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CHAPTER I.

AN UNWELCOME LEGACY.
"Children! They are a nuisance to everyone--my abomination, as you know,
Jack. Why on earth they can not be kept out of sight altogether till
they reach a sensible age is what puzzles me! And I suppose if anything
could make the matter worse, it is that this is a girl."
The tone of disgust with which the last word was uttered brought a laugh
from Sir Edward Wentworth's companion, who replied, as he took his cigar
from his mouth and gazed critically into the worried, perplexed face of
his host--
"My dear fellow, she is not of an age yet to trouble you much.
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