mam'selle

"I should not like to offend mam'selle," he says, "her eyes are so like a snake's."

Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

Relieved later in the afternoon from this predicament, the troopers betook themselves once more to the French café, where, enamoured of the mam'selle, time passed pleasantly.

The Tale of a Trooper 1930

I tole you, mam'selle, that fellow Van Lennop no good.

The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916

At one time we had a French governess, a loved and valued "mam'selle," in the household.

An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

At one time we had a French governess, a loved and valued "mam'selle," in the household.

I. Boyhood and Youth 1913

Then with the imagery of his race he added, "Those days will be gold beads on our rosary, mam'selle!"

Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

"I'm making haste to the Tomah, mam'selle, to keep my promise!"

Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

"Yes, mam'selle, but you can tell them the truth when he is not there to hear."

Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

"You should not be sad, mam'selle," reproved Father Leroque, who had constituted himself Lida's squire at supper.

Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

When the spring comes, and far and near there is the smell of wet moss, and shrubs on the wide flat land shoot forth their leaves, and the fields are carpeted with violets, then mam'selle looks round and hugs her memories, and thinks to herself, 'Ah! well, I have had my day.'

A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890