XXVII. TATO IS ADOPTED 304

XXVIII. DREAMS AND DRESS-MAKING 312

XXIX. TATO WINS 326

XXX. A WAY TO FORGET 337

XXXI. SAFE HOME 345


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PREFATORY:


The author is pleased to be able to present a sequel to "Aunt Jane's
Nieces," the book which was received with so much favor last year. Yet
it is not necessary one should have read the first book to fully
understand the present volume, the characters being taken to entirely
new scenes.

The various foreign localities are accurately described, so that those
who have visited them will recognize them at once, while those who have
not been so fortunate may acquire a clear conception of them. It was my
good fortune to be an eye witness of the recent great eruption of
Vesuvius.

Lest I be accused of undue sensationalism in relating the somewhat
dramatic Sicilian incident, I will assure my reader that the story does