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Wee Wifie, by Rosa Nouchette Carey
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Title: Wee Wifie
Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
Release Date: May 8, 2009 [EBook #28717]
Language: English
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WEE WIFIE.
A NOVEL.
BY ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY,
Author of "Not Like Other Girls," "Uncle Max," Etc.
NEW YORK: THE FEDERAL BOOK COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
PREFACE.
The demand for Wee Wifie has led to a reissue in a cheaper form, but as so many years have elapsed since the story first made its appearance, the author considered that extensive alterations would be necessary before its republication.
It has therefore been carefully revised, and, though the characters and the salient points of the plot have been left untouched, several fresh chapters have been added to assist in the more thorough development of the story.
THE AUTHOR.
CHAPTER I.
PROLOGUE--THE WANDERER.
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looki