| "What is the matter, little girls?" said the lady. | [Frontispiece] |
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| He had to drum with a spoon, first in one fat hand and then in the other | [2] |
| They were settled on the hearth-rug—Baby on Peggy's lap | [17] |
| "See Hal," she said, "over there, far, far away, neely in the sky, does you see that bluey hill?" | [27] |
| She was rather a terrible-looking old woman; she always wore a short bed-gown . . . and she was generally to be seen with a pipe in her mouth | [35] |
| "Tell me what the little white house is reely like" | [52] |
| Peggy stood still, her eyes fixed on the baby shoes | [68] |
| "Here's the other shoe, I've just founded it" | [92] |
| Suddenly a window above opened, and Mother Whelan's befrilled face was thrust out | [109] |
| An umbrella rolling itself about on the pavement | [127] |
| "To be sure," she said, in her most gracious tone. "'Tis the beautiful pipes I have" | [138] |
| The boys, boy-like, thought little but of who could blow the biggest bubbles | [149] |
| Hushed Light Smiley to sleep, her arm clasped round Peggy | [177] |