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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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SHE PRESSED MORE CLOSELY THE HAND OF HER
LITTLE BROTHER, _Frontispiece_

THE “BON-PÊCHEUR” SPED GLADLY NORTHWARD, 12

THE JUG BETWEEN HIS FEET, 26

ALL THE FORTUNE OF THE CREW FLOATED WITH THE CURRENT, 38

THE WHITE NIGHT SEEMED TO PENETRATE HIS HEART, 50

NEAR HER, A SAILOR CALLED OUT, 70

A SAD RETURN, 84

SHE SAW THE LITTLE VILLAGE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, 88

THE OLD WOMAN BARRED THE DOOR, 100

SHE QUICKENED HER PACE, PRESSING HER HEAVING CHEST, 104

THE NEXT NIGHT ELISE SAW HER FATHER AGAIN, 128

SHE WOULD SEE AGAIN THOSE SHE LOVED, 140

HE WAS HAPPY BECAUSE HER CONFIDENCE HAD RETURNED, 162

“ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT THERE UNTIL YOU ARE DRY,” 170

“FATHER, IF YOU WILL HELP I WILL FIND YOU,” 192

HE UTTERED A SERIES OF MODULATED BARKS, 212

HIS RIGID FINGERS STOOD OUT STIFFLY, 238

“CALM YOURSELF, ELISE, WE SHALL MAKE THE OTHERS LAUGH,” 252

SHE HAD PICKED UP SOMETHING TO DEFEND HERSELF, 262

SHE WISHED TO CARRY HIM AWAY, 284

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FISHER GIRL OF FRANCE.