LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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'——and—oh, Alie, I have so torn my frock, and it's my afternoon one—my new merino'[27]
'Little girl,' she called, when she got close to the other child[75]
'It's like a magic-lantern; no, I mean a peep-show'[89]
'I would like to go there,' she said[115]
A secret[148]
——carrying between them a little dripping figure, with streaming hair, white face, and closed eyes[161]
'Now, Biddy. Open your eyes'[195]


'O little hearts! that throb and beat,
With such impatient, feverish heat,
Such limitless and strong desires.'—Longfellow.