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STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS: GERMANY, ETC.
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STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS

GERMANY, ETC.




CONTENTS

THE BIRD ON ITS JOURNEY, Beatrice Harraden
KOOSJE: A STUDY OF DUTCH LIFE, John Strange Winter
A DOG OF FLANDERS, Ouida
MARKHEIM, R. L. Stevenson
QUEEN TITA'S WAGER, William Black




THE BIRD ON ITS JOURNEY

BY

BEATRICE HARRADEN



It was about four in the afternoon when a young girl came into the
salon of the little hotel at C---- in Switzerland, and drew her chair
up to the fire.

"You are soaked through," said an elderly lady, who was herself trying
to get roasted. "You ought to lose no time in changing your clothes."

"I have not anything to change," said the young girl, laughing. "Oh, I
shall soon be dry!"

"Have you lost all your luggage?" asked the lady, sympathetically.