PART II

PART II

MRS. LECKS WALKED BOLDLY UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND PLIED THE KNOCKER 45

I CLIMBED UP ONE OF THE COLUMNS 48

I GUESS YOU'LL BE COMFORTABLE, MR. CRAIG 52

THAT YELLER FROCK 55

MRS. ALESHINE HAD BEEN HARD AT WORK ALL THE MORNING 61

"THERE'S ANOTHER THING," SAID SHE, "THAT I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT" 67

MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE STANDING ON THE END OF THE LITTLE WHARF 72

PART III

MR. ENDERTON WAS A PERSON OF ANOTHER SORT 83

I DID ALL THAT I COULD TO MAKE MISS RUTH'S TIME PASS AGREEABLY 87

THEY WERE EVIDENTLY WAITING FOR ME 91

SMOKING THEIR PIPES IN PEACE 99

IT WAS PERFECTLY SAFE 102

I KNOWED IT WAS ALL RIGHT 105

THEY ASSISTED RUTH TO ARRAY HERSELF 111