CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI["POOR HUMPTY DUMPTY!"] 3II[FRIENDS, COUNSELORS, AND PLANS] 22III[WAYS AND MEANS] 40IV[MAKING THE BEST OF IT] 59V[PHYLLIS AND BARBARA ENTER THE LISTS] 75VI[MARK TAPLEY'S KIND OF DAYS] 91VII[TAKING ARMS AGAINST A SEA OF TROUBLES]107VIII[THE TURN OF THE LANE]122IX[HOME-KEEPING HEARTS]140X[DISCOVERIES]157XI[LOYAL PHYLLIS]172XII[THE SQUARE BECOMES A TRIANGLE]190XIII[THE STRAY UNIT]207XIV[THE LITTLE BLIND GOD OPENS HIS EYES]224XV[WREATHING HOLLY AND TWINING BAY]242XVI[SPOKES FROM THE HUB]258XVII[THE LADY OF THE SCALES]271XVIII[UNDER THE HARVEST MOON]289LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPAGE["TOM HAD CAMPED OUT, AND HE INSISTED ON COOKING THE STEAK"]Frontispiece[THE WYNDHAM GIRLS] 7["A YOUNG MAN DASHED DOWN THE STEPS INTO THE RUINS"] 51[AUNT HENRIETTA] 81[THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF PEACE]125["'LOOK OUT, TRUCHI-KI; YOU'LL FALL!' PHYLLIS SAID"]145["'I KNEW THAT IF I WAS AWFULLY ILL MISS BAB WOULD BE NICE TO YOU,' MURMURED MARGERY"]237[A BEARER OF GOOD TIDINGS]279THE WYNDHAM GIRLSCHAPTER I"POOR HUMPTY DUMPTY!"