'S REVENGE 236

ZAIDA, THE MYSTERIOUS PROPHETESS OF THE GOLDEN ORIENT 262

THE LADY AND THE LICENSE; OR, FRIENDSHIP'S GARLAND 287

THE POOR AND NEEDY 311

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THE STAIR WAS OF STONE, ARCHED OVERHEAD LIKE CHURCHES _Frontispiece_

DORA DID SOME WHITE SEWING 19

THEY LAUGHED EVER SO 34

AND HE WAS AWFULLY RUDE TO THE SERVANTS 69

THE OTHERS CAME UP BY THE ROPE-LADDER 73

SO OSWALD OPENED THE TRAP-DOOR AND SQUINTED DOWN, AND
THERE WAS THAT ARCHIBALD 75

"WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?" HE ASKED. "NYANG, NYANG," JANE
ANSWERED TAUNTINGLY 83

WHEN FATHER CAME HOME THERE WAS AN AWFUL ROW 85

IT SEEMS THE SAILOR WAS ASLEEP, BUT OF COURSE WE DID NOT
KNOW, OR WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DISTURBED HIM 94

WE WENT ROUND A CORNER RATHER FAST, AND CAME SLAP INTO
THE LARGEST WOMAN I HAVE EVER SEEN 99

IT WAS INDEED A CELESTIAL CHINAMAN IN DEEP DIFFICULTIES 103

ON THE SIDEBOARD WAS A BLUEY-WHITE CROCKERY IMAGE 107

OSWALD LISTENED AS CAREFULLY AS HE COULD, BUT DENNY
ALWAYS BUZZES SO WHEN HE WHISPERS 117

IT WAS NOT TILL NEXT DAY THAT HE OWNED THAT THE TYPEWRITER
HAD BEEN A FIEND IN DISGUISE 123

THE STATIONMASTER AND PORTER LOOKED RESPECTFULLY AT US 127

HER VOICE WHEN SHE TOLD US WE WERE TRESPASSING WAS NOT SO
FURIOUS 131

THE LUNCH WAS A PERFECT DREAM OF A.1.-NESS 137

OSWALD DID NOT STRIKE THE NEXT MATCH CAREFULLY ENOUGH 145

WITH SCISSORS AND GAS PLIERS THEY CUT EVERY FUSE 157

"HI, BRIGANDS!" HE EXCLAIMED 167

IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING THE SHAPE OF A
TURKEY 173

WHEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT HE SAID, "I AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY,
YOUNG GEMMEN" 179

THE FIVE OTHERS 191

OSWALD SAW THE DRIVER WINK AS