Honeysuckle " " 244

There, Sure Enough, Stood a Bicycle " " 248

The Punctured State of It Was Soon Evident " " 250

The Grown-up Lamb Struggled " " 258

She Broke Open the Missionary Box with the Poker " " 266

"Ye Seek a Pow-wow?" He Said " " 278

Bright Knives Were Being Brandished All about Them " " 284

She Was Clasped in Eight Loving Arms " " 294

"We Found a Fairy," Said Jane, Obediently " " 298

It Burrowed, and Disappeared, Scratching Fiercely
to the Last " " 308




CHAPTER I

BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY


The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired