CONTENTS.

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  1. [Old Billy 11 ]
  2. [A Broken Wheel 21 ]
  3. [Cricket's Discovery 33 ]
  4. [Keeping Store 45 ]
  5. [A Bath in Curds and Whey 61 ]
  6. [Bear Island 79 ]
  7. [The Exiles 101 ]
  8. [A New Plaster 117 ]
  9. [George W. and Martha 132 ]
  10. [The Echo Club 147 ]
  11. [The "Echo" 165 ]
  12. [The Hairs of His Head 180 ]
  13. [A Wrestling Match 192 ]
  14. [Playing Nurse 204 ]
  15. [A Knitting-bee 213 ]
  16. [Two Little Runaways 223 ]
  17. [Hilda Arrives 237 ]
  18. [A Sailing Party 251 ]
  19. [Becalmed 267 ]
  20. [A New Hiding-place 287 ]
  21. [Billy's Prayer 306 ]
  22. [Helen's Text 323 ]
  23. [The Jabberwock 333 ]
  24. [After the Sacrifice 344 ]
  25. [The End of the Summer 359 ]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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