CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.
I.A Coerced Cook[1]
II.Minerva Studies Nature[14]
III.An East Wind[27]
IV.A Friendly Burglar[40]
V.The Constable Calls[58]
VI.Miss Pussy Tries Fly Paper[73]
VII.Minerva’s Pastoral[81]
VIII.The ’Cordeen Comes[91]
IX.A Naked Scutterer[108]
X.We Plan a Concert[123]
XI.The Horse in the Kitchen[134]
XII.“The Simple Life”[140]
XIII.An Unsuccessful Fiasco[158]
XIV.The-Fourth-of-July[173]
XV.Minerva’s Nature Study[194]
XVI.When the Law is On[206]
XVII.The Story of a Pipe[217]
XVIII.We Find a Piano[225]
XIX.Th’ Ould Scut[240]
XX.A Musical Tramp[252]
XXI.We Make Hay[258]
XXII.“Ding Dong Bell”[266]
XXIII.Eligible[276]
XXIV.Pat Casey Calls[292]
XXV.A Continuous Week End[299]
XXVI.We Invite More Guests[310]
XXVII.A Hot Night[319]
XXVIII.“Tramp’s Rest”[333]
XXIX.Minerva and the Snake[339]
XXX.A Horsehead Perch[350]
XXXI.The Hundredth Anniversary[361]
XXXII.We Go to the Fair[373]
XXXIII.Cherry Disposes[392]
XXXIV.Minerva Settles it[409]