LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE "SHE STOOD THERE ON THE PLATFORM, WAVING HER HANDKERCHIEF" (_See page 300_) _Frontispiece_

  "SHE TURNED HER WHITE FINGERS IN THE MOONLIGHT" 61

  "'THIS LITTLE KNAVE MUST BE MY PARTNER'" 130

  "SHE COULD HEAR EVERY WORD OF THE CONVERSATION" 167

  "HE HELD IT ASIDE FOR THEM BOTH TO PASS THROUGH" 199

  "MITTIE SAT UP IN BED, TOO STARTLED TO UTTER A SOUND" 220

  "'IT'S LIKE A BIT OF HOME TO SEE YOU AGAIN'" 283

  "MALCOLM, LEANING ON HIS GUN, STOOD WATCHING HER" 293

  THE LITTLE COLONEL AT

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  BOARDING-SCHOOL