CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[The Fourth Floor, East ]11
II.[Fire, and Other Escapes]27
III.[Keren-Happuch, the First]43
IV.[An Angel in Disguise]58
V.[Taking Possession]75
VI.[Making the Best of it]91
VII.[The Dove's Alighting]105
VIII.[Gretta]121
IX.[June's Perfect Days]135
X.[Happie's Temptation]151
XI.[Happie's Choice]167
XII.[Laura's Philanthropy]184
XIII.[Humility, Calves and Ginger Pop]202
XIV.[An Ark Adrift?]217
XV.[The Promise of the Green Branch]234
XVI.[A Prank——]251
XVII.[And Its Consequences]267
XVIII.[The Bittenbender Trunk]282
XIX.[Dispossession and Possession]298
XX.[At the Subsidence of the Waters]315

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

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["This sunny little maiden was bending absorbed over the gas range" Frontispiece]14
["'How do you do, Margery?'"]51
["'Can't you ever come to see me?'"]129
["He followed Laura to the front door"]191
["The girls crowded around to see what was revealed" ]290

[SIX GIRLS AND BOB]

[CHAPTER I]
THE FOURTH FLOOR, EAST

"How can you get twelve feet into eight feet, no matter how good you are in arithmetic?" asked Happie Scollard, a trifle impatiently.