[XXVI. A Little Mystery is Solved]

[XXVII. How a Truce was Troublesome]

[XXVIII. The Abdication of the Boss]

[XXIX. In which All Rules are Broken]

[XXX. By Another Hand]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"A chestin' out his chest lahk a ole ma'ash frawg"

"And yet I have been pestered by cheap flings at my personal bearing"

"We might get him to make a barrel of it for the Sunday-school picnic"