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Peterkin, by Mary Louisa Molesworth
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Title: Peterkin
Author: Mary Louisa Molesworth
Illustrator: H. R. Millar
Release Date: August 15, 2008 [EBook #26322]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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PETERKIN
[Illustration: MAMMA . . . HUGGED HIM AS IF HE'D BEEN LOST FOR A YEAR.
[Frontispiece.]
PETERKIN
BY
MRS. MOLESWORTH
AUTHOR OF 'CARROTS,' 'CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'TELL ME A STORY'
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR
=London= MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1902
All rights reserved
TO
"ALEX"
ALEXANDER DOBREE HERRIES
I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE STORY
155 SLOANE STREET, S.W. May Day 1902
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. WHAT CAN HAVE BECOME OF HIM? 1
II. FOUND 19
III. AN INVITATION 34
IV. VERY MYSTERIOUS 50
V. 'STRATAGEMS' 69
VI. MARGARET 84
VII. THE GREAT PLAN 101
VIII. A TERRIBLE IDEA 118
IX. IN A FOG 135
X. BERYL 149
XI. DEAR MAMMA 165
XII. NO MYSTERY AFTER ALL 182
ILLUSTRATI