ILLUSTRATIONS

“GEOFFREY EXAMINED THE BOX”[ Frontispiece]
“THE GIANT’S FOOTSTOOL” To face p.[ 34]
“‘I’LL TAKE THOMAS,’ SHE SAID”[ 64]
“A BIG CATCH OF CRABS AND LOBSTERS”[72]
“DON’T LET US LOOK ANY MORE”[96]
“THEY SHOOK OUT THEIR PINAFORES OVER THE DIZZY HEIGHTS”[114]
“PRISCILLA SLIPPED OUT EASILY”[144]
“THEY WOULD LIGHT A FIRE AND BOIL THE KETTLE”[154]

THE MEAN-WELLS

CHAPTER I
THE WORTH OF A TOOTH

IT did seem very unjust, and the more they thought of it the more unjust it seemed, especially to Priscilla.