Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy. v1. 11 May 2014
 

Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) orn in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

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Billy Neilson was eighteen years old when the aunt, who had brought her up from babyhood, died. Miss Benton’s death left Billy quite alone in the world—alone, and peculiarly forlorn. To Mr. James Harding, of Harding & Harding, who had charge of Billy’s not inconsiderable property, the girl poured out her heart in all its loneliness two days after the funeral.