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THE TWO CARS COLLIDED. Polly’s Business Venture. Frontispiece—(Page 99)

POLLY’S

BUSINESS VENTURE

BY

LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY

Author of

POLLY OF PEBBLY PIT, POLLY AND ELEANOR,

POLLY IN NEW YORK, POLLY AND

HER FRIENDS ABROAD

ILLUSTRATED BY

H. S. BARBOUR

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1922, by

GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I Polly Returns To America 1

II A Disappointing Evening 18

III The Accident 34

IV A Reunion and a Visitor 47

V The Raid on Choko’s Find Mine 58

VI Polly and Eleanor Begin Collecting 74

VII A Revolutionary Relic Hunt 94

VIII Another Attempt at Collecting 109

IX Polly’s Hunt in ’Jersey 127

X Unexpected News From Pebbly Pit 151

XI Polly’S First Contract 167

XII The Parsippany Vendue 182

XIII Tom Means Business 199

XIV Necessary Explanations 213

XV Mutual Consolation 231

XVI Beaux or Business 250

XVII Business 269

POLLY’S BUSINESS VENTURE