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 Wild Heather

Wild Heather

BY L. T. MEADE

With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates

With a Frontispiece in Colour and Three Black-and-White Plates

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne 1911

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LIST OF PLATES

Heather

"'Oh, but he must stay,' I answered"

"'Allow me to tell you, Captain Carbury,' said Lady Helen, 'that my stepdaughter is not for you'"

"We sat on the heather, and he told me the story over again"

HEATHER

WILD HEATHER

CHAPTER I

There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all. There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventurous journey is over. And there are other baby things, of course. Then there come the big things which one can never forget.

My big thing arrived when I was eight years old. I came home with father from India. Father's name was Major Grayson, and I was called Heather. I was petted a great deal on board ship, and made a fuss about, and, in 

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