Four Winds Farm

"In ... his dream he saw a child moving, and could divide the main streams, at least, of the winds that had played on him, and study so the first stage in that mental journey."

_The Child in the House._--WALTER H. PATER

FOUR WINDS FARM.

BY MRS. MOLESWORTH: Author of "Carrots," "The Cuckoo Clock," &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE.

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO: 1887.

TO MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OLIVE I INSCRIBE THIS LITTLE STORY WHICH WE THOUGHT OF TOGETHER

LONDON, June 1886.

CONTENTS.

PAGE CHAPTER I. THE VOICES IN THE CHIMNEY 1 CHAPTER II. AT SCHOOL 15 CHAPTER III. FLYING VISITS 29 CHAPTER IV. A RAINBOW DANCE 43 CHAPTER V. GOOD FOR EVIL 58 CHAPTER VI. ORGAN TONES 73 CHAPTER VII. THE BIG HOUSE AND THE LADY 87 CHAPTER VIII. LITTLE FERGUS 102 CHAPTER IX. MUSIC AND COUNSEL 117 CHAPTER X. THE STORY OF THE SEA-GULL 132 CHAPTER XI. DRAWN TWO WAYS 150 CHAPTER XII. LEARNING TO WAIT 166