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