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 MESSENGER 278 CHAPTER LXX. WHAT MR. LESCOM SAID 282 CHAPTER LXXI. A SHARP CORRESPONDENCE 287 CHAPTER LXXII. OFFERS OF MARRIAGE AND OFFERS TO PUBLISH 292 CHAPTER LXXIII. WHAT MR. TIBBETTS SAID ABOUT RUTH'S WRITING FOR THE HOUSEHOLD MESSENGER 298 CHAPTER LXXIV. SOLILOQUY OF A SUB-EDITOR 302 CHAPTER LXXV. MR. WALTER'S VISIT 309 CHAPTER LXXVI. THE PHRENOLOGICAL EXAMINATION 318 CHAPTER LXXVII. PUBLICATION DAY COMES AT LAST 330 CHAPTER LXXVIII. HYACINTH CORNERED 334 CHAPTER LXXIX. MR. LEWIS ENLIGHTENED 338 CHAPTER LXXX. MORE LETTERS 342 CHAPTER LXXXI. FRESHET IN THE DOCTOR'S CELLAR--"HAMS" IN DANGER OF A TOTAL WRECK--SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF RUTH--RESCUE OF LITTLE KATY 348 CHAPTER LXXXII. ARRIVAL OF KATY WITH HER MOTHER, MR. WALTER, AND MR. GREY, AT NEW LODGINGS; DINNER AND LETTERS--CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CHILDREN 354 CHAPTER LXXXIII. THE LITTLE FAMILY ALONE AT THEIR NEW QUARTERS--NETTIE IN THE CONFESSION BOX--KATY'S MIRTH 367 CHAPTER LXXXIV. KATY AND NETTIE COMPARE NOTES--RUTH DREAMS--MIDNIGHT CONFLAGRATION--RESCUE OF THE LITTLE FAMILY BY JOHNNY GALT 372