ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Elsie . . . repeated the performance in a manner that was only the more
captivating . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "Well, I mustn't stay here and keep you from 'redding' up your kitchen,
as you call it" ]

[ "You and I will do better with checks, Elsie, though Aunt Milly will have none
of them," he remarked ]

[ "Well, Elsie, we know the whole story now" ]