147
XXI. Breaking the Peace. 154
XXII. "Trimmings, not Squails." 162
XXIII. "Bravo, Atalanta!" 167
XXIV. Mothers are Mothers. 174
XXV. Mattie's New Dress. 181
XXVI. "Oh, You are Proud!" 189
XXVII. A Dark Hour. 196
XXVIII. The Mysterious Stranger. 202
XXIX. Mrs. Williams's Lodger. 210
XXX. "Now we understand Each Other." 219
XXXI. Dick thinks of the City. 226
XXXII. "Dick is to be our Real Brother." 232
XXXIII. "This is Life and Death to Me." 240
XXXIV. Miss Mewlstone has an Interruption. 248
XXXV. "Barby, don't You recollect Me?" 255
XXXVI. Motes in the Sunshine. 262
XXXVII. "A Man has a Right to His Own Thoughts." 268
XXXVIII. About Nothing Particular. 277
XXXIX. "How do you do, Aunt Catherine?" 283
XL. Alcides. 292
XLI. Sir Harry Bides his Time. 299
XLII. "Come, now, I call that Hard." 307
XLIII. "I will write no such Letter." 315
XLIV. Mr. Mayne orders a Basin of Gruel. 321
XLV. An Uninvited Guest. 328
XLVI. A New Invasion of the Goths. 336
XLVII. "It was so Good of You to ask me Here." 343
XLVIII. Mrs. Sparsit's Poodle. 349
XLIX. Mattie in a New Character. 356
L. Phillis's Favorite Month. 362

NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS

CHAPTER I.

FIVE-O'CLOCK TEA.

Five-o'clock tea was a great institution in Oldfield.

It was a form of refreshment to which the female inhabitants of that
delightful place were strongly addicted. In vain did Dr. Weatherby,
the great authority in all that concerned the h