"DUDU" _Vignette on Title-Page._

"ISN'T IT A FUNNY ROOM, CHÉRI?" _To face Page_ 25

IT WAS DUDU " 51

ONWARDS QUIETLY STEPPED THE LITTLE PROCESSION " 75

TWO CHRISTMAS ANGELS " 122

STORY SPINNING " 141

THE BROWN BULL OF NORROWA " 162

"IS THIS A NEW PART OF THE HOUSE?" " 201

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CHAPTER I.

MADEMOISELLE JEANNE.

"Maitre Corbeau, sur un arbre perché."
LA FONTAINE.


It was so cold. Ah, so very cold! So thought the old raven as he hobbled