CONTENTS

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I.	Cousin Algin	7
II.	The Sewing Machine	21
III.	Hilda	27
IV.	Bertha Giles	39
V.	Hilda and her Mystery	54
VI.	Hilda a Sewing Girl	64
VII.	The Bad Heart	121
XIII.	The Old Boots	129
XIV.	The House Agent	138
XV.	The Mountain Ash	143
XVI.	Died at Her Post	150
XVII.	The "Strike"	163
XVIII.	Good Angels	176
XIX.	Cold November	188
XX.	The Sail-Loft	196
XXI.	Heart Scalds	207
XXII.	The Last Dollar	215
XXIII.	The Pawnbroker	224
XXIV.	Domestic Accounts	234
XXV.	How Hilda kept her Powder Dry	242
XXVI.	A Legal Friend	257
XXVII.	The First-floor Lodger	266
XXVIII.	The Visitor of teh First-floor Lodger	279
XXIX.	"Work--work--work,"	288
XXX.	Aristocracy	304
XXXI.	"Will you walk into my Parlor?"	318
XXXII.	Another Visitor	324
XXXIII.	The Rag-Merchants	337
XXXIV.	The Lady-President	349
XXXV.	Mr. Pinch and Company	364
XXXVI.	The Aid Society	375
XXXVII.	The Wolf at the Door	388
XXXVIII.	Barbara Strand	402
XXXIX.	Law and Justice	415
XL.	Tares Sown, Tares Reaped	423
XLI.	Under the Mountain-Ash	429