Girls together

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Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

"As if I cared," returned Theo, turning her back to her cousin.

GIRLS TOGETHER

BY AMY E. BLANCHARD

AUTHOR OF

"TWO GIRLS," "TWENTY LITTLE MAIDENS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY IDA WAUGH

PHILADELPHIA

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1900

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

TO MY GIRLHOOD'S BELOVED COMPANION,

JENNIE E. S.,

THE GENTLE MISTRESS OF "POSIE-COSSIE,"

I Dedicate

THIS LITTLE BOOK, WITH A LOVE THAT GROWS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

CONTENTS. —————

CHAPTER

I.—GROWN UP

II.—UPS AND DOWNS

III.—A FLAVOR OF BOHEMIA

IV.—SETTLED DOWN

V.—JACK'S SEND-OFF

VI.—A PRIVATE VIEW

VII.—HOW ELDORADO ANN WAS SCARED

VIII.—AN OLD SONG

IX.—WHAT JACK DID

X.—A CHRISTMAS STOCKING

XI.—ARCHIE DECIDES

XII.—"UNDER GREEN APPLE-BOUGHS"

XIII.—SEPARATIONS

XIV.—ARCHIE'S CLIENT

XV.—BEFORE THE FEAST

XVI.—THE WEDDING

XVII.—AT PRESTON

XVIII.—"AS LIKE AS A HAND TO ANOTHER HAND"

XIX.—WHAT BECAME OF VAL'S PORTRAIT

XX.—AND SO—

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ———————

"As if I cared," returned Theo, turning her back to her cousin Frontispiece.

She came in one afternoon, when all were sitting on the porch

Then, with a leap, she sprang away

Then she turned towards home

"The idea of chickens at this time of year," said Val

And the work proceeded with great briskness

GIRLS TOGETHER ———————