Hilda’s Mascot: A Tale of Maryland, My Maryland

Hilda’s Mascot: A Tale of Maryland, My Maryland by Mary E. Ireland. Saalfield, 1902. The author was a very well known translator of German authors to English. This is the story between a boy and a girl that lived is first years in an orphanage. The girl was adopted by the Ashleys. At Ashleys residence, called 'My Lady's Manor', lived Anna Ashburton. One morning a lawyer from Baltimore visited “My Lady’s Manor” on behalf of a client in California—Mr. Reginald Farnsworth—who could prove beyond doubt that he was the legal owner of the property, being the only son and heir of Joshua Farnsworth by a former marriage.