udy.

"Well, he's not the only one," said the Captain.

And at that moment came from the other side of the front door the
familiar whine, the well-known scratching mingled with strange clanking
noises.

Next instant three happy people were embracing on the door-mat amid the
sobs of Judy, the laughter of her lover, the yelps of Alcibiades, and
the deafening rattle of a poker, a pair of tongs, and half a shovel.

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Transcriber's Note

Punctuation has been standardized. Hyphenation has been retained
as it appears in the original publication. The following changes
were made to the original text:

Page 21, "candelabre" changed to "candelabra"
(two brass twenty-lighted candelabra)

Page 32, duplicate "the" removed from text
(Half the students)

Page 39, "accordian" changed to "accordion"
(her accordion-pleated skirts)

Page 99, "stammererd" changed to "stammered"
(stammered half a word)

Page 197, "her's" changed to "hers"
(he was hers sincerely)

Page 276, duplicate "in" removed
(Can you call in an hour?)

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