XX. VALE LESTON

XXI. A KETTLE OF FISH

XXII. THE REAL THING AND NO MISTAKE

XXIII. SMOKE-JACK ALLEY





THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE

OR

UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE




CHAPTER I
THE BIRTHDAY GIFT



'O I've got a plum-cake, and a feast let us make,
Come, school-fellows, come at my call;
I assure you 'tis nice, and we'll all have a slice,
Here's more than enough for us all.'