PREFACE. To My Many Dear Friends. I have chosen to put among some of my own stories and poems a few of the very best short tales, of their kind, that I know in the English language. Variety is the spice of any entertainment, and I therefore ask leave to introduce some of my friends to the dear friends who have so long known and so kindly accepted my efforts to give them pleasure and profit. Very sincerely, AMELIA E. Barr. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. The Price She Paid, Amelia E. Barr, The Man at the Gate, B. M. (Nelson & Sons, A Poor Boy, Countess De Gasparin, In Mortal Peril, Richard Dowling, Content, A. E. Barr (Courtesy of Fords, The Last Sheaf, A. E. Barr, Enemies (Courtesy of Macmillan & Co.), My Brother Robert (Dickens' Words), Three And-Extra, Rudyard Kipling, The Golden Rule, Mrs. Oliphant, Spliced, I. F. Mayo, Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady, Lillias 285 Lad's Love, M. E. Wotton (Leisure Hour), . 269 An Affair of the Heart, A. E. Barr, Every Cross Bears Its Own Inscription, |