Epigraph
“——Love soweth here with toil and care,
But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
Southey.
Dedication
TO
MRS. G. W. CARLETON
[OF NEW YORK CITY],
I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF
MILDRED,
IN MEMORY
OF THE MANY HAPPY HOURS SPENT WITH HER
OF THE “STARRY EYES AND
NUT-BROWN HAIR.”