of the Bridge 86

CHAPTER NINTH.

Finding a Moral 106

CHAPTER TENTH.

The Portrait Again 118

CHAPTER ELEVENTH.

Mrs. Marvin is perplexed 128

CHAPTER TWELFTH.

At Christmas Time 134

CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.

One Sunday Afternoon 151

CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.

Three of a Name 164

CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.

A Confidence 177

CHAPTER SIXTEENTH.

Hard Times 186

CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH.

At the Loan Exhibit 198

CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH.

The March Number of _The Young People's Journal_ 207

CHAPTER NINETEENTH.

Surprises 215

CHAPTER TWENTIETH.

Caroline's Story 231

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.

Overheard by Peterkin 240

CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.

The Little Girl in the Golden Doorway 249

CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.

"The Ducks and the Geese they All swim over" 257

Illustrations.

Page

"The Spectacle Man, leaning his elbows on the
show-case" _Frontispiece_ 11

"'What is your name, baby?'" 54

"'Little girl, I wish I knew you'" 120

"She pointed out a picture, set in diamonds" 200

The Spectacle Man.

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CHAPTER FIRST.

FRANCES MEETS THE SPECTACLE MAN.

"The bridge is broke, and I have to mend it,
Fol de rol de ri do, fol de rol de ri do--"

sang the Spectacle Man, leaning his elbows on the show-case, with his
hands outspread, and the glasses between a thumb and finger, as he
nodded merrily at Frances.

Such an odd-looking person as he was! Instead of an ordinary coat he
wore a velve