7

SCENE II.

LITTLE TIMOTHY JESSUP ASSUMES PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES 17

SCENE III.

TIMOTHY PLANS A CAMPAIGN, AND PROVIDENCE
MATERIALLY ASSISTS IN CARRYING IT OUT, OR
VICE VERSA 26

SCENE IV.

JABE SLOCUM ASSUMES THE ROLE OF GUARDIAN
ANGEL 39

SCENE V.

TIMOTHY FINDS A HOUSE IN WHICH HE THINKS A
BABY IS NEEDED, BUT THE INMATES DO NOT
ENTIRELY AGREE WITH HIM 51

SCENE VI.

TIMOTHY, LADY GAY, AND RAGS PROVE FAITHFUL
TO EACH OTHER 63

SCENE VII.

MISTRESS AND MAID FIND TO THEIR AMAZEMENT
THAT A CHILD, MORE THAN ALL OTHER GIFTS,
BRINGS HOPE WITH IT, AND FORWARD LOOKING
THOUGHTS 74

SCENE VIII.

JABE AND SAMANTHA EXCHANGE HOSTILITIES, AND
THE FORMER SAYS A GOOD WORD FOR THE
LITTLE WANDERERS 87

SCENE IX.

"NOW THE END OF THE COMMANDMENT IS CHARITY,
OUT OF A PURE HEART" 100

SCENE X.

AUNT HITTY COMES TO "MAKE OVER," AND SUPPLIES
BACK NUMBERS TO ALL THE VILLAGE
HISTORIES 112

SCENE XI.

MISS VILDA DECIDES THAT TWO IS ONE TOO MANY,
AND TIMOTHY BREAKS A HUMMING-BIRD'S EGG 126

SCENE XII.

LYDDY PETTIGROVE'S FUNERAL 143

SCENE XIII.

PLEASANT RIVER IS BAPTIZED WITH THE SPIRIT OF
ADOPTION 152

SCENE XIV.

TIMOTHY JESSUP RUNS AWAY A SECOND TIME,
AND, LIKE OTHER BLESSINGS, BRIGHTENS AS
HE TAKES HIS FLIGHT 166

SCENE XV.

LIKE ALL DOGS IN FICTION, THE FAITHFUL RAGS
GUIDES MISS VILDA TO HIS LITTLE MASTER 179

SCENE XVI.

TIMOTHY'S QUEST IS ENDED, AND SAMANTHA SAYS,
"COME ALONG, DAVE" 189

TIMOTHY'S QUEST.

SCENE I.

_Number Three, Minerva Court. First floor front._

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