LIZZY GLENN:

OR, THE TRIALS OF A SEAMSTRESS.

BY

T.S. ARTHUR

AUTHOR OF "LOVE IN A COTTAGE," "LOVE IN HIGH LIFE," ETC.

"Work—work—work
Till the brain begins to swim;
     Work—work—work
Till the eyes are heavy and dim!
Seam, and gusset, and band,
     Band, and gusset, and seam,
Till over the buttons I fall asleep,
     And sew them on in a dream!"

Hood's Song of the Shirt.

Philadelphia:
1859

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. Lizzy Glenn—Mrs. Gaston and her sick Child,
CHAPTER II. How a Needlewoman Lives,
CHAPTER III. Death of Mrs. Gaston's Child—A Mother's anguish,
CHAPTER IV. Lizzy Glenn arouses the interest of a Stranger,
CHAPTER V. Some of the Troubles of a Needlewoman—A Friend in Need,
CHAPTER VI. Perkins' Narrative,
CHAPTER VII. Henry Gaston leaves Home with Sharp,
CHAPTER VIII. Henry Gaston's Treatment by Sharp,
CHAPTER IX. Lizzy Glenn finds in Mrs. Gaston an old Friend,
CHAPTER X. Lizzy Glenn's Narrative to Mrs. Gaston,
CHAPTER XI. Perkins anxiously seeks Lizzy Glenn,
CHAPTER XII. Perkins finds in Lizzy Glenn his long lost Eugenia,

THE FATHER'S DREAM,
I'LL SEE ABOUT IT,
HUMAN LIFE,
THE SUM OF TRIFLES; OR, "A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY GAINED,"

LIZZY GLENN;

OR, THE TRIALS OF A SEAMSTRESS.

CHAPTER I.

LIZZY GLENN—MRS. GASTON AND HER SICK CHILD.

NEEDLE-WORK, at best, yields but a small return. Yet how manythousands have no other resource in life, no other barrier thrown upbetween them and starvation! The manly stay upon which a woman hasleaned suddenly fails, and she finds self-support an imperativenecessity; yet she has no skill, no strength, no developedresources. In all probability she is a mother. In this case she mustnot only stand alone, but sustain her helpless children. Since herearliest recollection, others have ministered to her wants andpleasures. From a father's hand, childhood and youth received theircountless natural blessings; and brother or husband, in later years,has stood between her and the rough winds of a stormy world. All atonce, like a bird reared, from a fledgling, in its cage, and thenturned loose in dreary winter time, she f

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