_IDYLLS OF COUNTRY LIFE_
BY
M. E. FRANCIS
(MRS. FRANCIS BLUNDELL)
“Vor Do’set dear,
Then gi’e woone cheer,
D’ye hear? woone cheer!”
--WILLIAM BARNES
[Illustration]
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
LONDON AND BOMBAY
1905
_These stories originally appeared in_ Country Life, The Graphic,
Longman’s Magazine _and_ The Illustrated London News. _The Author’s
thanks are due to the Editors of these periodicals for their kind
permission to reproduce them._
To the Memory
OF
LADY SMITH-MARRIOTT,
KIND NEIGHBOUR AND TRUE FRIEND.