href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@40814@[email protected]#Page_164" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">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 LODGER PROVES USEFUL 240 CHAPTER LXIII. A PEEP INTO THE OLD DOCTOR’S COTTAGE 245 CHAPTER LXIV. A GLIMPSE OF COMING SUCCESS 251 CHAPTER LXV. LITTLE NETTIE’S SORROWS—CHEERING LETTERS 257 CHAPTER LXVI. KATY’S FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL—THE TOWN-PUMP CONTROVERSY—CRUELTY OF KATY’S GRANDPARENTS 262 CHAPTER LXVII. MR. JOHN WALTER 267 CHAPTER LXVIII. A LETTER FROM MR. WALTER, AND ITS EFFECT 271 CHAPTER LXIX. RUTH ENGAGES TO WRITE SOLELY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD