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_LITTLE SUNBEAMS._
III.
LILY NORRIS' ENEMY.
By the same Author.
I.
LITTLE SUNBEAMS.
1. BELLE POWERS' LOCKET 1.00 2. DORA'S MOTTO 1.00 3. LILY NORRIS' ENEMY 1.00 4. JESSIE'S PARROT 1.00 5. MAMIE'S WATCHWORD 1.00
II.
THE BESSIE BOOKS.
_Six vols. in a neat box._ $7.50.
The volumes also sold separately; viz.: Bessie at the Seaside; City,Friends; Mountains; School; Travels, at $1.25 each.
"Really, it makes the heart younger, warmer, better, to bathe it afreshin such familiar, natural scenes, where benevolence of most practicaland blessed utility is seen developing itself, from first to last, insuch delightful symmetry and completeness as may, and we hope will,secure many imitators."--_Watchman and Reflector._
III.
THE FLOWERETS.
A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE COMMANDMENTS.
_Six vols. in a neat box._ $3.60.
The vols. can also be had separately; viz.: 1. Violet's Idol; 2.Daisy's Work; 3. Rose's Temptation; 4. Lily's Lesson; 5. Hyacinthe andher Brothers; 6. Pinkie and the Rabbits, at 60 cents each.
"The child-world we are here introduced to is delightfully real. Thechildren talk and act so naturally that we feel real live children musthave sat for their portraits."--_Baltimore Christian Advocate._
Lily Norris. Frontis.]
LILY NORRIS' ENEMY.
"WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT."
BY
JOANNA H. MATHEWS,
AUTHOR OF THE "BESSIE BOOKS" AND THE "FLOWERETS."
NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, 530 BROADWAY. 1883.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
DEDICATED
TO
"AUNT JOSIE'S DAISY,"
THE SWEETEST LITTLE "SUNBEAM" THAT EVER BRIGHTENED THE CLOUDS OF A DARK AND SORROWFUL WINTER.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE "QUAKER LADY" 9
II. A MONKEY, A PUPPY, AND A BEGGAR 27
III. THE SILVER INKSTAND 48
IV. LILY'S PROVERB PICTURE 69
V. PROMISING 84
VI. BUT NOT PERFORMING 100
VII. WHAT CAME OF THAT 120
VIII. A LITTLE FABLE 142
IX. SATURDAY MORNING'S WORK 156
X. SATURDAY AFTERNOON'S PLAY 177
XI. A SAD ACCIDENT 198
XII. LILY'S NEW RESOLVE 220
LILY NORRIS' ENEMY