X              ILLUSTRATIONS.

"'B PROSSARD, BEWARE! BEWARE!'"   .      . '"I5
"THE CHILD CREPT CLOSE TO THE CHEERFUL FIRE" 121
JOYCE AND SISTER DENISA                     127
NUMBER THIRTY-ONE                           134
"JULES CA.ME OVER, AWKWARD AND SHY"       141
"SIlTING UP IN BED WITH THE QUILTS WRAPPED
     AROUND HIM"                            149
"'THAT's NUMBER THIRTY-ONE"'                i61
"WALKING UP AND DOWN THE PATHS"             i66
"e KEEPING TIME TO THE MUSIC"               180
" HE -TOOK THE LITTLE FELLOW'S HAND IN HIS". 185