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. |