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CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER I. A GREAT MISFORTUNE. 1
CHAPTER II. ALL ABOUT THE FAMILY. 4
CHAPTER III. "BE BRAVE, DEAR." 6
CHAPTER IV. QUITE A NEW SORT OF SCHEME. 10
CHAPTER V. A SAFETY-VALVE. 13
CHAPTER VI. POLLY'S RAID. 16
CHAPTER VII. THE GROWN-UPS. 19
CHAPTER VIII. SHOULD THE STRANGERS COME? 24
CHAPTER IX. LIMITS. 28
CHAPTER X. INDIGESTION WEEK. 32
CHAPTER XI. A--WAS AN APPLE PIE. 36
CHAPTER XII. POTATOES--MINUS POINT. 42
CHAPTER XIII. IN THE ATTIC. 45
CHAPTER XIV. AUNT MARIA. 50
CHAPTER XV. PUNISHMENT. 55
CHAPTER XVI. DR. MAYBRIGHT _versus_ SCORPION. 60
CHAPTER XVII. WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? 64
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WIFE OF MICAH JONES. 68
CHAPTER XIX. DISTRESSED HEROINES. 73
CHAPTER XX. LIMITS. 75
CHAPTER XXI. THE HIGH MOUNTAINS. 78

PART II
CHAPTER I. A COUPLE OF BARBARIANS. 82