The Sphinx's children.--The deacon's week.--A black silk.--Jericho Jim.--Lost on a railway.--Doctor Parker's Patty.--Doom and Dan.--Some account of Thomas Tucker.--The forger's bride.--Too late.--My Thanksgiving.--How she found out.--Ann Potter's lesson.--Aceldama sparks; or Old and new.--Aallathiel Bump's stocking.--Sally Parson's duty.--A hard lesson.--'Liab's first Christmas.