ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE "AT FIRST HE ALWAYS BROUGHT SOME BOY WITH HIM" (_See page 43_) _Frontispiece_

  "SHE LISTENED INTENTLY, EXPECTANTLY" 28

  "SHE SAT SMILING HAPPILY IN THE DEPTHS OF THE BLACK SUNBONNET" 31

  "MR. GATES KICKED HIS FEET AGAINST THE ANDIRONS" 93