CONTENTS

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I. LOTUS BUDS[1]
II. OPPOSITES[5]
III. THE SCAMP[15]
IV. THE PHOTOGRAPHS[23]
V. TARA AND EVU[31]
VI. PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, RULERS[41]
VII. HOW THE CHILDREN COME[51]
VIII. OTHERS[61]
IX. OLD DÉVAI[67]
X. FAILURES?[75]
XI. GOD HEARD: GOD ANSWERED[85]
XII. TO WHAT PURPOSE?[95]
XIII. A STORY OF COMFORT[103]
XIV. PICKLES AND PUCK[113]
XV. THE HOWLER[121]
XVI. THE NEYOOR NURSERY[129]
XVII. IN THE COMPOUND AND NEAR IT[141]
XVIII. FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE ROCK[153]
XIX. YOSÉPU[159]
XX. THE MENAGERIE[169]
XXI. MORE ANIMALS[183]
XXII. THE PARROT HOUSE[191]
XXIII. THE BEAR GARDEN[201]
XXIV. THE ACCALS[215]
XXV. THE LITTLE ACCALS[227]
XXVI. THE GLORY OF THE USUAL[235]
XXVII. THE SECRET TRAFFIC[245]
XXVIII. BLUE BOOK EVIDENCE[253]
XXIX. "VERY COMMON IN THOSE PARTS"[261]
XXX. ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSORS THERE WAS POWER[269]
XXXI. AND THERE WAS NONE TO SAVE[279]
XXXII. THE POWER BEHIND THE WORK[291]
XXXIII. IF THIS WERE ALL[301]
XXXIV. "TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESSION"[309]
XXXV. WHAT IF SHE MISSES HER CHANCE?[321]
XXXVI. "THY SWEET ORIGINAL JOY"[331]