LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix. 



' I saw something emerging from the smoke that 



was pouring in clouds from the doorway ' . 233 

 DRAWING BY MAX F. KLEPPER. 



' The minute I took them from their box of 



cotton they began to peep pitifully' . .247 

 DRAWING BY J. CARTER BEARD. 



INITIALS by MAX F. KLEPPER, J. CARTER BEARD, WILLH. 

 DRAKE, and JAY HAMBIDGE. 



Photogravures by A. W. Elson & Co., Boston. 



