CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Quarrel[11]
II.Grandma’s Watchword[23]
III.A Sudden Countermarch[34]
IV.A Lifted Burden[43]
V.The Training of a Boy[54]
VI.Bonny’s Ordeal[68]
VII.Berty Imparts Information[76]
VIII.The Heart of the Mayor[88]
IX.The Mayor’s Dilemma[99]
X.A Groundless Suspicion[113]
XI.A Proposed Supper-Party[130]
XII.A Disturbed Hostess[139]
XIII.An Anxious Mind[150]
XIV.The Opening of the Park[162]
XV.Up the River[175]
XVI.Berty’s Tramp[188]
XVII.Tom’s Intervention[195]
XVIII.Tramp Philosophy[204]
XIX.At the Board of Water-Works[217]
XX.Selina’s Wedding[229]
XXI.To Strike or Not to Strike[244]
XXII.Discouraged[257]
XXIII.Grandma’s Request[262]
XXIV.Down the River[270]
XXV.Last Words[277]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“Bent their heads over the paper” (see [page 40])[Frontispiece]
“Leaning over the stair railing”[33]
“‘Why don’t some of you good people try to reform me?’”[54]
“‘You have too much heart’”[92]
“‘You’re dying to tease me’”[177]
“‘A River Street delegation,’ said Tom”[235]