The Corner House Girls Growing Up
Grace Brooks Hill
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THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP
GRACE BROOKS HILL
"Ruth sprang forward and seized the old gentleman's coat"(_See Page_ 25)]
THECORNER HOUSE GIRLSGROWING UP
WHAT HAPPENED FIRST WHAT CAME NEXT AND HOW IT ENDED
BYGRACE BROOKS HILL
AUTHOR OF "THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS," "THECORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS," ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED BY__R. EMMETT OWEN_
BARSE & HOPKINSPUBLISHERSNEWARK, N. J.NEW YORK, N. Y.
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
By Grace Brooks Hill
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The Corner House Girls Series
_12mo. Cloth. Illustrated._
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AT SCHOOL THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS IN A PLAY THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS' ODD FIND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP
BARSE & HOPKINSPUBLISHERSNEW YORK
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Copyright, 1918,byBarse & Hopkins
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_The Corner House Girls Growing Up_
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. ALL UP IN THE AIR 9
II. THE OLD GENTLEMAN WITH THE GREEN UMBRELLA 19
III. THE AERIAL TRAMWAY 29
IV. SCHOOL IN THE OFFING 42
V. THE SHEPARDS 49
VI. NAMING THE NEW BABY 57
VII. A FELINE FUROR 65
VIII. NEIGHBOR 75
IX. EVERYTHING AT SIXES AND AT SEVENS 84
X. ABOARD THE NANCY HANKS 93
XI. AFLOAT ON THE CANAL 105
XII. MISSING 114
XIII. THE HUE AND CRY 122
XIV. AN UNEXPECTED DELIGHT 130
XV. THE PURSUIT 140
XVI. THE RINGMASTER 152
XVII. SCALAWAG GETS A NEW HOME 161
XVIII. A LONG LOOK AHEAD 173
XIX. SCHOOL BEINGS 182
XX. BEARDING THE LION 191
XXI. ADVENTURES WITH SCALAWAG 199
XXII. THE GREEN UMBRELLA AGAIN 211
XXIII. THE MAD DOG SCARE 222
XXIV. IT ENGAGES AUNT SARAH'S ATTENTION 232
XXV. LOOKING AHEAD 246
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Ruth sprang forward and seized the old gentleman's coat" _Frontispiece_
"Neale reached up with a rake and unhooked the hanging basket" 74
"'I shall begin to believe you are a man-hater,' laughed Luke" 116
"There was a rush for the open hatchway and a chorus of excited voices" 164
