An Orphan's Plight
Eva Lester, a little girl of nine years, finds more pleasure in boyish sports and pastimes than with playing with dolls and similar girlish toys, and causes not a little distress to her moth... Read allEva Lester, a little girl of nine years, finds more pleasure in boyish sports and pastimes than with playing with dolls and similar girlish toys, and causes not a little distress to her mother, as invalid, and to her father, Herbert Lester, a gentleman of moderate wealth. Eva's m... Read allEva Lester, a little girl of nine years, finds more pleasure in boyish sports and pastimes than with playing with dolls and similar girlish toys, and causes not a little distress to her mother, as invalid, and to her father, Herbert Lester, a gentleman of moderate wealth. Eva's mother falls seriously ill and upon her death her father proposes to the nurse who had atte... Read all