The Wonder Woman

TO
LAWSON

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I Two Women[ 9]
II Haidee[ 28]
III I Fell Some Trees[ 37]
IV Wanza[ 46]
V The Lead[ 52]
VI Captain Grif[ 65]
VII Wanza Bakes a Cake[ 80]
VIII Gipsying[ 95]
IX The Big Man[ 114]
X Jingles Brings a Message [ 122]
XI The Kickshaw[ 132]
XII In Shop and Dingle[ 147]
XIII Deficiencies[ 160]
XIV Jack of All Trades[ 166]
XV I Begin to Wonder About Wanza[ 178]
XVI We Have an Adventure[ 190]
XVII The Dream in the Dingle[ 214]
XVIII “Thank You, Mr. Fixing Man”[ 237]
XIX Bereft[ 255]
XX “Perhaps I Shall Go Away”[ 265]
XXI Fate’s Final Javelin[ 274]
XXII Renunciation[ 294]
XXIII When Christmas Came[ 310]
XXIV “The Flower Will Bloom Another Year” [ 319]
XXV My Surprise[ 330]
XXVI The Old Swimming Hole [ 344]
XXVII My Wonder Woman[ 363]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
The heart of the woods[ Frontispiece]
“I was only taking a short cut” Opposite [ 22]
The gypsy tossed back her cape “ [ 100]
A sudden yearning sprang up “ [ 193]
“I’m grateful and pleased” “ [ 328]

THE WONDER WOMAN

CHAPTER I
TWO WOMEN

“DO you see her now, Mr. David?”

I nodded, pointing into the coals. “I see a lion, and an old witch, and a monkey. I don’t see any woman.”