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  BESSIE AND HER FRIENDS

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  _BOOKS BY JOANNA H. MATHEWS._

  I. THE BESSIE BOOKS.

  6 vols. In a box. $7.50.

  II. THE FLOWERETS.

  A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE COMMANDMENTS.

  6 vols. In a box. $3.60.

  III. LITTLE SUNBEAMS.

  6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

  IV. KITTY AND LULU BOOKS.

  6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

  V. MISS ASHTON'S GIRLS.

  6 vols. In a neat box. $7.50.

  VI. HAPS AND MISHAPS.

  6 vols. $7.50.

  _BY JULIA A. MATHEWS._

  I. DARE TO DO RIGHT SERIES.

  5 vols. In a box. $5.50.

  II. DRAYTON HALL STORIES.

  Illustrative of the Beatitudes. 6 vols. In a box. $4.50.

  III. THE GOLDEN LADDER SERIES.

  Stories illustrative of the Lord's Prayer. 6 vols. $3.00.

  ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,

  _New York_.

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  BESSIE AND HER FRIENDS.

  by

  JOANNA H. MATHEWS,

  Author of "Bessie at the Seaside," "Bessie in the City," &c.

  "_Speak not evil one of another._"

  "_Bear ye one another's burdens._"

  New York:Robert Carter & Brothers,530 Broadway.

  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, byRobert Carter and Brothers,In the Clerk's Office of the District Courtof the United States for theSouthern District of New York.

  To

  _MY SISTER BELLA_,

  WHOSE LOVING CONSIDERATION

  _Has lightened the "burden" of many an otherwise weary hour_.

  _CONTENTS._

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  _I. Jennie's Home_ 7

  _II. The Police-Sergeant's Story_ 30

  _III. Little Pitchers_ 48

  _IV. Papa's Story_ 64

  _V. Light through the Clouds_ 95

  _VI. Uncle Ruthven_ 117

  _VII. An Unexpected Visitor_ 143

  _VIII. Franky_ 167

  _IX. Bear ye One Another's Burdens_ 181

  _X. Two Surprises_ 200

  _XI. Blind Willie_ 224

  _XII. Maggie's Book_ 241

  _XIII. Disappointment_ 269

  _XIV. Aunt Patty_ 294

  _XV. Willie's Visit_ 314

  _XVI. Willie's Recovery_ 336

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  _BESSIE AND HER FRIENDS_.