LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "'It's an e-normous house, isn't it!' she said in surprise" . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "'You can't ever know, Aunt Kate, how splendid it is to wear skirts'" ]

[ "Shelves and birdcage had all disappeared" ]

[ "'I haven't seen a canary bird for years,' she murmured" ]

[ "'It's a squirrel! A really truly squirrel in this big city!'" ]

[ "Mary Rose was perched on a chair across from him and was telling him
of Mifflin" ]

[ "There on the wide window seat was the self-supporting cat" ]

[ "'Why didn't you come home before, Mary Rose?' Miss Thorley asked" ]