The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine

THE DEVINNE PRESS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[PART I]
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THESE TWO WORTHY DAMES SPENT THE GREATER PART OF THEIR TIME ON DECK	[Frontispiece]
DO YOU SEE THAT BOAT THERE?	[6]
MRS. ALESHINE PROVED TO BE A MORE DIFFICULT SUBJECT	[11]
WE WILL PULL AFTER THEM	[15]
STAND UP STRAIGHT, AND DON'T TALK SO MUCH	[23]
VIGOROUSLY WINKING AND BLOWING	[25]
THEY GOT ON REMARKABLY WELL	[27]
THERE'S NOTHIN' LIKE SAUSAGES FOR SHIPWRECK	[31]

[PART II]
MRS. LECKS WALKED BOLDLY UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND PLIED THE KNOCKER	[45]
I CLIMBED UP ONE OF THE COLUMNS	[48]
I GUESS YOU'LL BE COMFORTABLE, MR. CRAIG	[52]
THAT YELLER FROCK	[55]
MRS. ALESHINE HAD BEEN HARD AT WORK ALL THE MORNING	[61]
"THERE'S ANOTHER THING," SAID SHE, "THAT I'VE THINKIN' ABOUT"	[67]
MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE STANDING ON THE END OF THE LITTLE WHARF	[72]

[PART III]
MR. ENDERTON WAS A PERSON OF ANOTHER SORT	[83]
I DID ALL THAT I COULD TO MAKE MISS RUTH'S TIME PASS AGREEABLY	[87]
THEY WERE EVIDENTLY WAITING FOR ME	[91]
SMOKING THEIR PIPES IN PEACE	[99]
IT WAS PERFECTLY SAFE	[102]
I KNOWED IT WAS ALL RIGHT	[105]
THEY ASSISTED RUTH TO ARRAY HERSELF	[111]

[PART IV]
THE ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN WAS SLOW AND TEDIOUS	[121]
"WHAT HAS HAPPENED?" I EXCLAIMED	[123]
MRS. LECKS WAS SITTING ON A STONE	[129]
I SOON HAD A CRACKLING FIRE	[135]
COULD YOU LEND ME A SMALL IRON POT?	[141]
WE WERE ABOUT TO SEND HIM A BASKET	[150,] [150]

[PART V]
WE BEGAN TO SLIDE DOWNWARD	[163]
OH, WHICH IS EMILY, AND WHICH IS LUCILLE?	[167]
WE DREW UP ABOUT THE FIRE	[174]
REVEALING THE FAMILIAR FAT LITTLE GINGER-JAR	[186]
RUTH AND MISS LUCILLE STRUCK UP A WARM ACQUAINTANCE	[191]

[PART VI]
THE IMPIDENCE OF HIM!	[204]
ELIZABETH GROOTENHEIMER	[215]
"YOU MAN!" SHRIEKED MRS. LECKS	[218]
HE RESPECTFULLY TOUCHED IT WITH HIS LIPS	[227]
THE GREATEST WORK OF DECORATION WAS RESERVED BY THE RED-BEARDED COXSWAIN FOR HIMSELF	[231]