: The Harmsworth Magazine v. 1 1898-1899 No. 2 by Various - London (England) Periodicals

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The HARMSWORTH

MONTHLY PICTORIAL

MAGAZINE.

VOLUME 1, 1898-9. No 2.

My travelling companion

A COMPLETE STORY

BY CATHERINE CHILDAR.

It was a miserable day in November--the sort of day when, according to the French, splenetic Englishmen flock in such crowds to the Thames, in order to drown themselves, that there is not standing room on the bridges. I was sitting over the fire in our dingy dining-room; for personally I find that element more cheering than water under depressing circumstances.

My eldest sister burst upon me with a letter in her hand: "Here, Tommy, is an invitation for you," she cried.

My name is Charlotte; but I am generally called Tommy by my unappreciative family, who mendaciously declare it is derived from the expression "tom-boy."

"Oh, bother invitations," was my polite answer. "I don't want to go anywhere. Why, it's a letter from Mysie Sutherland! How came you to open it?"

"If she will address it to Miss Cornwall, of course I shall open it. I've read it, too--it's very nice for you."

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