6[Illustration: No answer came from the floor above.]
28XIII: [Illustration: The main thing was proper nursing.]
7VI: [Illustration: The tiger story.]
29XIV
8VII
30[Illustration: Well, ain't he tasty.]
9[Illustration: He had a last look back at Black Log.]
31[Illustration: "But there are no ghosts," I argued.]
10[Illustration: "He pumped me dry."]
32XV
11[Illustration: "Nanny is likely to get one of her religious spells and quit work."]
33[Illustration: "Of course it hurts me a bit here."]
12VIII
34[Illustration: "And seein' a light in the room, I looked in."]
13[Illustration: I was back in my prison.]
35XVI
14[Illustration: "'At my sover-sover-yne's will.'"]
36XVII
15[Illustration: Perry Thomas stands confronting the English warrior.]
37[Illustration: Tip Pulsifer leaned on my gate.]
16IX
38[Illustration: The horse went down.]
17[Illustration: "You'll begin to think you ain't there at all."]
39XVIII: [Illustration: "And I'm his widder."]
18[Illustration: I saw a girl on the store porch.]
40XIX: [Illustration: Then Tim came.]
19X
41XX
20XI
42[Illustration: Old Captain.]
21[Illustration: Aaron Kallaberger.]
43[Illustration: When we three sit by the fire.]
22[Illustration: Leander.]