LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"The birds were screeching and fluttering their wings" [title]
"Good gracious!" he ejaculated "what a scene" [2]
"Are these my little pupils"? [22]
"Bumps knelt down" [60]
"There's my mite towards it" [164]
"You're trespassers and thieves" [192]

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Jill's Red Bag

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"WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THEM?"

"Oh, Jack! do let her go! I'll make you if you don't!"

"Get away! She's an early Christian, and I'm seeing if she's a real one."