ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| 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] |