ILLUSTRATIONS
["HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CONCOCTING THIS, MOTHER?" Frontispiece]
![["HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CONCOCTING THIS, MOTHER?" Frontispiece]](#3792721432788433754_i1.png.id-621843129924989476.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
[THE CONVERSATION DROPPED, JUST AS THE VOICE OF THE ORATOR ROSE TO HIS PERORATION]
![[THE CONVERSATION DROPPED, JUST AS THE VOICE OF THE ORATOR ROSE TO HIS PERORATION]](#3792721432788433754_i2.png.id-1955094061221363530.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
[AS SHE SAW MARCIA HER FACE LIT UP]
![[AS SHE SAW MARCIA HER FACE LIT UP]](#3792721432788433754_i3.png.id-8889941544952339647.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
[THIS MORNING HE FOUND HER ALL GIRLISH GENTLENESS AND APPEAL]
![[THIS MORNING HE FOUND HER ALL GIRLISH GENTLENESS AND APPEAL]](#3792721432788433754_i4.png.id-2406855956561641901.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
["I DO WISH I COULD HELP YOU"]
![["I DO WISH I COULD HELP YOU"]](#3792721432788433754_i5.png.id-4921629223050071698.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
[MARCIA WAS SINGING, IN A LOW VOICE AS SHE CAME]
![[MARCIA WAS SINGING, IN A LOW VOICE AS SHE CAME]](#3792721432788433754_i6.png.id-4123607252488976270.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
[HE SAT STILL, STUDYING HIS MOTHER'S STRONG, LINED FACE]
![[HE SAT STILL, STUDYING HIS MOTHER'S STRONG, LINED FACE]](#3792721432788433754_i7.png.id-6847246410922054670.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
[NOW SUDDENLY—HERE WAS A FRIEND—ON WHOM TO LEAN]
![[NOW SUDDENLY—HERE WAS A FRIEND—ON WHOM TO LEAN]](#3792721432788433754_i8.png.id-5686243360983503643.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}