CHAPTER PAGE

I. John's Girl 3

II. The Steppe Children 16

III. The Little Room—and Peggy 28

IV. The Birthday 44

V. Ninety-nine Negroes 58

VI. The Bean Supper 71

VII. The Locked Closet 87

VIII. Letters and the Post Office 102

IX. Huckleberries and New Friends 117

X. Provincetown and a Walk in the Woods 134

XI. Little Eva 147

XII. Buddy Wants to Know 164

XIII. Crabbing 180

XIV. Elizabeth Is Rude 192

XV. Picking Chickens 207

XVI. Mother 220

XVII. Elizabeth Is Scared 234

XVIII. Elizabeth Shakes Hands 249

XIX. Ruth 265

XX. Good-bye 278