Nuttie's Father

by Charlotte M Yonge





CHAPTER I.
ST. AMBROSE'S CHOIR.




'For be it known
That their saint's honour is their own.'--SCOTT.


The town of Micklethwayte was rising and thriving. There were
salubrious springs which an enterprising doctor had lately brought
into notice. The firm of Greenleaf and Dutton manufactured umbrellas
in large quantities, from the stout weather-proof family roof down to
the daintiest fringed toy of a parasol. There were a Guild Hall and
a handsome Corn Market. There was a Modern School for the boys, and
a High School for the girls, and a School of Art, and a School of
Cookery, and National Schools, and a British School, and a Board
School, also churches of every height, chapels of every denomination,
and iron mission rooms budding out in hopes to be replaced by
churches.