CHAPTER XXXVI.
RUTH’S NEW LODGINGS—SPECULATIONS OF THE BOARDERS
139
CHAPTER XXXVII.
MR. DEVELIN’S COUNTING-HOUSE—THE OLD DOCTOR’S LETTER
142
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
LITTLE KATY MOURNS FOR HER PAPA
146
CHAPTER XXXIX.
MR. DEVELIN DEMANDS HARRY’S CLOTHES OF RUTH—THE WEDDING VEST
148
CHAPTER XL.
RUTH’S APPLICATION FOR NEEDLE-WORK
151
CHAPTER XLI.
DISGUST OF RUTH’S FASHIONABLE FRIENDS
155
CHAPTER XLII.
CONVERSATION IN MRS. MILLET’S KITCHEN
158
CHAPTER XLIII.
THE BOUQUET
161
CHAPTER XLIV.
MRS. MILLET AND THE WOODEN MAN
164
CHAPTER XLV.
LITTLE KATY VISITS HER GRANDPA AND MEETS WITH A CHARACTERISTIC RECEPTION—THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN
166
CHAPTER XLVI.
A PEEP FROM RUTH’S CHAMBER WINDOW—KATY’S RETURN
171
CHAPTER XLVII.
BOARDING-HOUSE REVOLUTION—MRS. SKIDDY’S FLIGHT—MR. SKIDDY IN THE CAPACITY OF DRY NURSE
176
CHAPTER XLVIII.
A NEW IDEA—THE MILLETS EXHIBIT THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND DELICACY
184
CHAPTER XLIX.
RUTH RESOLVES TO BECOME A TEACHER
189
CHAPTER L.
RUTH APPLIES FOR A PRIMARY SCHOOL
191
CHAPTER LI.
THE EXAMINATION BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
192
CHAPTER LII.
MRS. SKIDDY’S UNEXPECTED RETURN
198
CHAPTER LIII.
SKIDDY’S INTERCEPTED HEGIRA—HIS INCARCERATION—HIS FINAL ESCAPE
203
CHAPTER LIV.
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM
209
CHAPTER LV.
RUTH’S NEW LANDLADY
215
CHAPTER LVI.
THE STRANGE LODGER—RUTH RESOLVES TO RESORT TO HER PEN TO OBTAIN A SUBSISTENCE—SHE APPLIES TO HER BROTHER HYACINTH FOR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE—HIS CHARACTERISTIC REPLY
219
CHAPTER LVII.
THE OLD LADY RESORTS TO STRATAGEM, AND CARRIES HER POINT
224
CHAPTER LVIII.
MR. ELLET EXHIBITS HIS USUAL FATHERLY INTEREST IN RUTH’S AFFAIRS
228
CHAPTER LIX.
RUTH APPLIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AT NEWSPAPER OFFICES
230
CHAPTER LX.
THE BREAD OF LIFE
235
CHAPTER LXI.
A CHAPTER WHICH MAY BE INSTRUCTIVE
237
CHAPTER LXII.
RUTH OBTAINS EMPLOYMENT—ILLNESS OF NETTIE—THE STRANGE
