The Colquhoun family had suffered a great loss when Mrs. Colquhoun died. Peggy, who was eighteen at the time, and the eldest daughter, returned from boarding school to play the role of mother. Shortly afterwards their father also died and they were left in a very serious financial position. To economise was absolutely necessary; but how were they to do it? It was decided that they should live in a cottage on a small island which luckily was their own property. Read this intriguing story for yourself, which is Elsie Oxenham at the top of her form, and share the fun and adventures of this courageous little family.

Sorry as she was to be leaving for good the school and school friends she had loved so much, Elspeth Buchanan was overjoyed at the prospect of going to live in Scotland with her two brothers whom she had seen only at rare intervals since her early childhood.