LIFE

AND

ADVENTURES

OF

MICHAEL ARMSTRONG,

THE FACTORY BOY.

BY FRANCES TROLLOPE,

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AUTHOR OF THE VICAR OF WREXHILL," THE WIDOW

BARNABY, ETC.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1840.

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

CHAPTER I.

Miss Brotherton and her friend arrive at the Deep Val-
ley-A review-Disappointment-" A sudden thought
strikes" the heiress-She concludes a bargain, though
not the one which she meditated-She sets out upon
a walk

CHAPTER II.

The walk proves too fatiguing to one of the party, but

not to Miss Brotherton-She wanders further and

meets with an adventure, but at last returns in safety

to her inn-A journey homeward, and a fact related

without ornament

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CHAPTER III.

The narrative returns to its hero-And relates why and

wherefore he was kept alive-The boy grows tall, and

takes to thinking

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CHAPTER IV.

A dismal enterprise, and its melancholy result-Martha

Dowling punished more severely than she deserved—

Very wild projects conceived by Miss Brotherton, and

speedily put in execution

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