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<h1>ELSIE'S</h1>
<h1>CHILDREN</h1>
<p class="center">A SEQUEL TO
"ELSIE'S MOTHERHOOD"</p>
<h3>By</h3>
<h2>MARTHA FINLEY</h2>
<p class="center">Complete Authorized Edition</p>
<p class="center">Published by arrangement with<br/>
Dodd, Mead and Company</p>
<p class="center">A.L. BURT COMPANY</p>
<p class="center">PUBLISHERS<br/>
New York Chicago</p>
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<p class="center"><br/>
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.</p>
<p class="center">1877</p>
<p class="center">1905, BY<br/>
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.</p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Contents">
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#Preface"><b>Preface.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_FIRST"><b>CHAPTER FIRST.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_SECOND"><b>CHAPTER SECOND.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_THIRD"><b>CHAPTER THIRD.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_FOURTH"><b>CHAPTER FOURTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_FIFTH"><b>CHAPTER FIFTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_SIXTH"><b>CHAPTER SIXTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_SEVENTH"><b>CHAPTER SEVENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_EIGHTH"><b>CHAPTER EIGHTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_NINTH"><b>CHAPTER NINTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TENTH"><b>CHAPTER TENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_ELEVENTH"><b>CHAPTER ELEVENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWELFTH"><b>CHAPTER TWELFTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_THIRTEENTH"><b>CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_FOURTEENTH"><b>CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_FIFTEENTH"><b>CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_SIXTEENTH"><b>CHAPTER SIXTEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_SEVENTEENTH"><b>CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_EIGHTEENTH"><b>CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_NINETEENTH"><b>CHAPTER NINETEENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTIETH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTIETH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_FIRST"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_SECOND"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_THIRD"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_FOURTH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_FIFTH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_SIXTH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_SEVENTH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_EIGHTH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_TWENTY_NINTH"><b>CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align='center'> <SPAN href="#CHAPTER_THIRTIETH"><b>CHAPTER THIRTIETH.</b></SPAN></td></tr>
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<h2><SPAN name="Preface" id="Preface" />Preface.</h2>
<p>With this volume, bringing the Story of Elsie
and her Children down to the present time, the
series closes.</p>
<p>It was not by request of the author's <i>personal</i>
friends, that either this or any one of the previous
volumes was written, but in acquiescence with the
demands of the Public—the friends and admirers
of Elsie herself; and we know that as child, as
young girl, as wife and mother, she has had many
friends who have been loath to part with her.
May they find neither her nor her children less
lovable in this, than in the earlier volumes, and
may their society prove sweet, comforting and helpful
to many readers and friends both old and new.</p>
<p><span style="margin-left: 18.5em;">M.F.</span></p>
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<h2>Elsie's Children.</h2>
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