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Title: Nancy first and last

Author: Amy Ella Blanchard

Illustrator: William F. Stecher

Release date: August 4, 2023 [eBook #71334]

Language: English

Original publication: Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917

Credits: David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

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NANCY FIRST AND LAST

BY AMY E. BLANCHARD

AUTHOR OF "BETTY OF WYE," "GIRLS TOGETHER," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WILL F. STECHER

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY AMY E. BLANCHARD

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1917

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

SHE DREW THE RING FROM HER FINGER AND WITH AVERTED FACE HELD IT OUT

CONTENTS

I.A Parting of the Ways
II.A Revelation
III.Creeping Back
IV.Mother!
V.Other Names and Places
VI.O las Piedras!
VII.A Clue
VIII.At a Fiesta
IX.In Barcelona
X.A Fruitless Search
XI.In the Cathedral
XII.Help from England
XIII.Primrose Cottage
XIV.War!
XV.The News of a Day
XVI.Cousin Prudencia Writes
XVII.Convalescents
XVIII.A Puzzled Patient
XIX.My Boy!
XX.Opened Eyes
XXI.Farewell

ILLUSTRATIONS

She Drew the Ring from Her Finger and with Averted Face Held it Out
"Spain," Murmured the Girl
It was Like a Dream, a Poem
"And if There Should be War," Said Lillian, Suddenly
He Held out His Hand with Groping Gesture

NANCY FIRST AND LAST