have perched for a brief season upon the headgear of some lovely woman.

Let the good work go on until the mummy of a dead bird will be
recognized by all persons as an unfitting decoration for the head of
womankind.

JOHN F. LACEY.




CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE ORCHARD
II. DICKEY DOWNY'S MEDITATIONS
III. THE RULER WITH THE IRON HAND
IV. DICKEY'S COUSINS
V. "DON'T, JOHNNY"
VI. THE PARROT AT A PARTY
VII. A WINTER IN THE SOUTH
VIII. THE PRISON
IX. THE HUNTERS
X. A NEW HOME
XI. THE ILL-MANNERED CHILD
XII. TWO SLAVES OF FASHION
XIII. DICKEY'S VISIT
XIV. THE COUNTRY SCHOOL
XV. POLLY'S FAREWELL