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CONTENTS

Chap.
I. [A WASP IN THE SCHOOLROOM]
II. [UNDER THE LABURNUM-TREE]
III. [THE EAGLE'S NEST]
IV. [A ROPE-LADDER]
V. [THE BOY WHO MOUNTED IT]
VI. [A VICTIM]
VII. [JACK AND JILL]
VIII. [AN EARLY CHASE]
IX. [AN ALARMING JUMP]
X. [THE TRESPASSER]
XI. [CERTAIN LITTLE GARDENS]
XII. [A NEW LADDER]
XIII. [THE BROWN BAG]
XIV. [KEEPING SHOP]
XV. [A CUSTOMER]
XVI. [IMPRISONED IN A PARLOUR]
XVII. [IN AN EMPTY HOUSE]
XVIII. [THE RETURN AFTER SHOPPING]
XIX. [AN INTERESTING DITCH]
XX. [DISPUTES]
XXI. [OLD GAMES]
XXII. [THE VISITORS]
XXIII. [AN END OF HIDING]
XXIV. [EXPLANATIONS]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "LIE STILL," WHISPERED LEWIS, "SHE IS COMING THIS WAY!" . . . Frontis. ]

[ A TALL, THIN MAN WAS CAREFULLY EXAMINING JACK ]

[ LEWIS WAS STILL LYING IN A SORT OF CRUMPLED-UP HEAP ]

THE EAGLE'S NEST