CONTENTS PAGE I. THIS IS THE STORY THAT DAGO TOLD TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON MONDAY 1 II. WHAT DAGO SAID TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON TUESDAY 16 III. WHAT THE MIRROR-MONKEY HEARD ON WEDNESDAY 32 IV. THE TALE THE MIRROR-MONKEY HEARD ON THURSDAY 46 V. WHAT DAGO TOLD ON FRIDAY 60 VI. WHAT DAGO SAID TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON SATURDAY 72 VII. WHAT DAGO TOLD THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON SUNDAY 92 VIII. DAGO BIDS FAREWELL TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY 102 ILLVSTRATIONS PAGE "IT WAS HER SWINGING AND JERKING ON THE ROPE THAT RANG THE BELL" _Frontispiece_ "THE GARDENER FISHED HER OUT OF THE FOUNTAIN" 9 "HER HANDS WERE FOLDED IN HER LAP" 19 MATCHES'S FUNERAL 25 "SHE FAIRLY STIFFENED WITH HORROR" 43 "AT LAST THE BLUE CUSHION WAS EMPTY, AND I SAT DOWN ON IT" 48 "'OH, YOU LITTLE TORMENT!' SHE CRIED" 63 "THEIR VOICES RANG OUT LUSTILY" 73 "ALL WENT WELL UNTIL WE REACHED AN ALLEY CROSSING" 81 "GOOD-BYE! OLD FELLOW!" 103 THE STORY OF DAGO.