LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



" The little bluebirds . . . singing their sweetest, glad- 

 dest songs" 183 



"7 started down the hill, fast as my fleet little feet 



would carry me" 187 



"All ^l'>as rout and confusion " 201 



Owl 206 



"In front of the Hebe of the fountain" 208 



" The poor white lady who stood on a boat-load of 



flowers" 209 



"/ would . . . rush in between them" 211 



" Tony ivas up on the arm of his chair" 219 



Foxy 225 



Little Corea 231 



" We all grew to love the pretty little creature " 233 



"As they gathered round the festive sylvan board" . . 241 



Friends 245 



"Down by the big lily-pond" 248 



"7 would overturn the old shields and curios" 253 



"We drifted out under the full moon" 261 



"She looks at me with such great pleading eyes" . . . 267 



"7 crept in and crossed my fore paws" 271 



Old Sportum 275 



Jimmy and his Friends 280 



"Flitted around us" . . . . 283 



"7 flew through Aunt Mary's palms and ferns" . . . 285 



"I sat in one of the old Damascus chairs" 288 



"She could see a sad, mysterious something in my 



brown eyes" 291 



" The blue shimmering sea" 293 



Old Sportum and Donnie 298 



Fairy 299 



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