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CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.THREE CHILDREN AND A DOG[1]
II.FIR-TREE COTTAGE[11]
III.THE FEUDAL CASTLE[24]
IV.SUNDAY[40]
V.A VISIT TO MARY[49]
VI.DIAMOND JUBILEE JONES[58]
VII.TRIALS OF PHILANTHROPY[71]
VIII.DIAMOND JUBILEE’S SUPPER[89]
IX.BAD NEWS[105]
X.OMNIBUS NUTS[122]
XI.THE SPARE ROOM BLANKETS[135]
XII.TROUBLES[151]
XIII.GONE![167]
XIV.GREEN GINGER LAND[186]
XV.MICKY AT THE FAIR[201]
XVI.EMMELINE TALKS THINGS OVER[215]
XVII.DIAMOND JUBILEE IS ADOPTED FOR THE SECOND TIME[235]

List of Illustrations

[‘QUITE A LITTLE CROWD GATHERED TO WATCH MICKY.’]
[‘KITTY GAVE SUCH A BOUND OF DELIGHT THAT SHE NEARLY UPSET HER TEA.’]
[‘IT WAS LOCKED AND BOLTED, TOP AND BOTTOM.’]
[‘“OH, WHAT SHALL WE DO?” SHE SOBBED.’]

THE BOY FROM GREEN GINGER LAND