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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt:...to be the two inevitable evils attendant on a girl's life. "Neither, father, thank you. I didn't mean to trouble you with my thoughts. They were about my poor people." The wrinkles in Mr. Warne's forehead deepened visibly. "Isn't that just what I was telling you the other day?" he rejoined impatiently. "You go fretting and worrying yourself into what doesn't concern you, and you'll be making yourself quite ill. You look pale, positively pale this evening. Any one would think you led the same wretched, halfstarved life." "I'm very sorry, father," Phillis answered meekly, the truant colour returning to her cheeks, "but I was thinking about a girl who is dreadfully ill, and only a year or two younger than I am, poor thing." "What has her age got to do with yours, I should like to know?" Mr. Warne broke in testily. "It seems to bring it more home to one," Phillis murmured. "Nonsense! You'll be having these people claim relationship to you next! Of course, I know what you are going to say--that the Bible teaches universal brotherhood; but that is only in church, and would mix up things outside hopelessly." "But, father"--Phillis hesitated, for the ground was delicate here--" if it had not been, as you often say, for your own exertions, we should never have been in our present position. Isn't it our duty to try and help them as best we can?" "There you go again! Soon you'll be wanting to live with your dearly-beloved brethren in their sweet-smelling pig-sties." Phillis dropped the argument, feeling it to be useless. With a woman's tact, she laughed a little, low, incredulous laugh at this latter speech. "Shall we come into the drawing-room, and I wil...