Sue A Little Heroine

CONTENTS

I. BIG BEN'S VOICE. 1
II. A SERVANT OF GOD. 3
III. GOOD SECURITY. 7
IV. SOLITARY HOURS. 9
V. EAGER WORDS. 10
VI. DIFFERENT SORT OF WORK. 12
VII. SHOPPING. 21
VIII. COMPARISONS. 26
IX. A TRIP INTO THE COUNTRY. 31
X. THE RETURN TO LONDON. 35
XI. A NEW DEPARTURE. 44
XII. LEFT ALONE. 48
XIII. PETER HARRIS. 60
XIV. THE SEARCH. 66
XV. CONCENTRATION OF PURPOSE. 69
XVI. PICKLES. 74
XVII. CINDERELLA. 78
XVIII. THE METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE. 79
XIX. A SAINTLY LADY. 83
XX. CAUGHT AGAIN. 87
XXI. SAFE HOME AT LAST. 94
XXII. NEWS OF SUE. 105
XXIII. AMATEUR DETECTIVE. 109
XXIV. MOTHER AND SON. 112
XXV. ABOUT RONALD. 113
XXVI. TWO CUPS OF COFFEE. 124
XXVII. DELAYED TRIAL. 127
XXVIII. CINDERELLA WOULD SHIELD THE REAL THIEF. 130
XXIX. A LITTLE HEROINE. 132
XXX. WHAT WAS HARRIS TO HER? 134
XXXI. A STERN RESOLVE. 136
XXXII. AN UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT. 137
XXXIII. A POINTED QUESTION. 138
XXXIV. PICKLES TO THE FORE AGAIN. 141
XXXV. THE WINGS ARE GROWING. 142
XXXVI. A CRISIS. 143
XXXVII. THE HAPPY GATHERING. 151




SUE: A LITTLE HEROINE.

CHAPTER I.

BIG BEN'S VOICE.


Sue made a great effort to push her way to the front of the crowd. The
street preacher was talking, and she did not wish to lose a word. She
was a small, badly made girl, with a freckled face and hair inclined to
red, but her eyes were wonderfully blue and intelligent. She pushed and
pressed forward into the thick of the crowd. She felt a hand on her
shoulder, and looking up, saw a very rough man gazing at her.

"Be that you, Peter Harris?" said Sue. "An' why didn't yer bring Connie
along?"

"Hush!" said some people in the crowd.

The preacher raised his voice a little higher: