CONTENTS

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THE ROAD TO ROME; OR, THE SILLY STOWAWAY[15]
THE CONSCIENCE-PUDDING[37]
ARCHIBALD THE UNPLEASANT[62]
OVER THE WATER TO CHINA[88]
THE YOUNG ANTIQUARIES[113]
THE INTREPID EXPLORER AND HIS LIEUTENANT[136]
THE TURK IN CHAINS; OR, RICHARD'S REVENGE[161]
THE GOLDEN GONDOLA[185]
THE FLYING LODGER[209]
THE SMUGGLER'S REVENGE[236]
ZAÏDA, THE MYSTERIOUS PROPHETESS OF THE GOLDEN ORIENT[262]
THE LADY AND THE LICENSE; OR, FRIENDSHIP'S GARLAND[287]
THE POOR AND NEEDY[311]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE STAIR WAS OF STONE, ARCHED OVERHEAD LIKE CHURCHES[Frontispiece]
DORA DID SOME WHITE SEWING[19]
THEY LAUGHED EVER SO[34]
AND HE WAS AWFULLY RUDE TO THE SERVANTS[69]
THE OTHERS CAME UP BY THE ROPE-LADDER[73]
SO OSWALD OPENED THE TRAP-DOOR AND SQUINTED DOWN, AND THERE WAS THAT ARCHIBALD[75]
"WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?" HE ASKED. "NYANG, NYANG," JANE ANSWERED TAUNTINGLY[83]
WHEN FATHER CAME HOME THERE WAS AN AWFUL ROW[85]
IT SEEMS THE SAILOR WAS ASLEEP, BUT OF COURSE WE DID NOT KNOW, OR WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DISTURBED HIM[94]
WE WENT ROUND A CORNER RATHER FAST, AND CAME SLAP INTO THE LARGEST WOMAN I HAVE EVER SEEN[99]
IT WAS INDEED A CELESTIAL CHINAMAN IN DEEP DIFFICULTIES[103]
ON THE SIDEBOARD WAS A BLUEY-WHITE CROCKERY IMAGE[107]
OSWALD LISTENED AS CAREFULLY AS HE COULD, BUT DENNY ALWAYS BUZZES SO WHEN HE WHISPERS[117]
IT WAS NOT TILL NEXT DAY THAT HE OWNED THAT THE TYPEWRITER HAD BEEN A FIEND IN DISGUISE[123]
THE STATIONMASTER AND PORTER LOOKED RESPECTFULLY AT US[127]
HER VOICE WHEN SHE TOLD US WE WERE TRESPASSING WAS NOT SO FURIOUS[131]
THE LUNCH WAS A PERFECT DREAM OF A.1.-NESS[137]
OSWALD DID NOT STRIKE THE NEXT MATCH CAREFULLY ENOUGH[145]
WITH SCISSORS AND GAS PLIERS THEY CUT EVERY FUSE[157]
"HI, BRIGANDS!" HE EXCLAIMED[167]
IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING THE SHAPE OF A TURKEY[173]
WHEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT HE SAID, "I AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY, YOUNG GEMMEN"[179]
THE FIVE OTHERS[191]
OSWALD SAW THE DRIVER WINK AS HE PUT HIS BOOT ON THE STEP, AND THE PORTER WHO WAS OPENING THE CAB DOOR WINKED BACK[201]
HE LOOKED AT OSWALD'S BOOTS[203]
HE FETCHED DOWN HALF A DOZEN PLANKS AND THE WORKMAN[218]
"HOW MUCH?" SAID THE GENTLEMAN SHORTLY[222]
"THEN I'LL MAKE YOU!" HE SAID, CATCHING HOLD OF OSWALD[232]
A COASTGUARD ORDERED US QUITE HARSHLY[244]
SURE ENOUGH IT WAS SEA-WATER, AS THE UNAMIABLE ONE SAID WHEN HE HAD TASTED IT[259]
"I SAY, BEALIE DEAR, YOU'VE GOT A BOOK UP AT YOUR PLACE"[265]
ALICE BEAT THE DONKEY FROM THE CART, THE REST SHOUTED[272]
"WE'VE GOT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS," SAID NOËL[280]

THE ROAD TO ROME; OR, THE
SILLY STOWAWAY