ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Margaret Montfort[Frontispiece]
"Afterwards she sallied out into the garden"[63]
"'Did you bring a book to read to me, little girl?'"[84]
"The little girl had never stirred, but stood gazing up at the big man who held her hands"[120]
"Merton was teasing Chiquito"[153]
"'Won't you come in?'"[175]
A lively ghost[247]
"The 'Flail of the Desert'"[268]