THE BEGGAR MAN
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE WOMAN HATER
THE BEGGAR MAN
THE ONE WHO FORGOT
THE PHANTOM LOVER
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
THE MASTER MAN
THE SECOND HONEYMOON
PAPER ROSES
THE WINDS OF THE WORLD
FOR LOVE
THE LITTL'ST LOVER
THE UPHILL ROAD
THE BLACK SHEEP
RICHARD CHATTERTON, V.C.
THE REMEMBERED KISS
INVALIDED OUT
A BACHELOR HUSBAND
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LIMITED LONDON
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Chapter I | 9 |
| Chapter II | 24 |
| Chapter III | 43 |
| Chapter IV | 55 |
| Chapter V | 79 |
| Chapter VI | 93 |
| Chapter VII | 115 |
| Chapter VIII | 147 |
| Chapter IX | 162 |
| Chapter X | 178 |
| Chapter XI | 193 |
| Chapter XII | 209 |
| Chapter XIII | 234 |
CHAPTER I
She was small and slight, with timid, brown eyes and soft, fair hair anda certain daintiness of person that singled her out for attention inspite of the shabbiness of her clothes.
The first morning she put in an appearance at the factory the othergirls marked her down as being a little different from themselves; alittle less rough and capable of looking after her own interests, alittle more refined, and ready to shrink from jest and laughter.
They crowded round her to stare with interest, in which there wasmingled a faint suspicion. A volley of questions greeted her from allsides.
"What's your name?" "Where do you come from?" "Who took you on?"
She shrank ba