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One young woman brought a great pan of stew and bread and three spoons to the van. Frontispiece.
THE
CORNER HOUSE GIRLS
AMONG THE GYPSIES
HOW THEY MET WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT ENDED
BY
GRACE BROOKS HILL
Author of “The Corner House Girls,” “The Corner House
Girls on a Houseboat,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
THELMA GOOCH
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS
NEWARK, N. J. NEW YORK, N. Y.
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
The Corner House Girls Series
By Grace Brooks Hill
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 THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS SNOWBOUND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AMONG THE GYPSIES
Publishers
BARSE & HOPKINS
Newark, N. J. New York, N. Y.
Copyright, 1921,
by
Barse & Hopkins
The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Fretted Silver Bracelet9
IIA Profound Mystery20
IIISammy Pinkney in Trouble31
IVThe Gypsy Trail40
VSammy Occasions Much Excitement50
VIThe Gypsy’s Words60
VIIThe Bracelet Again To the Fore70
VIIIThe Misfortunes of a Runaway81
IXThings Go Wrong90
XAll Is Not Gold That Glitters100
XIMysteries Accumulate108
XIIGetting in Deeper114
XIIIOver the Hills and Far Away122
XIVAlmost Had Him134
XVUncertainties143
XVIThe Dead End of Nowhere149
XVIIRuth Begins To Worry157
XVIIIThe Junkman Again165
XIXThe House Is Haunted175
XXPlotters at Work184
XXITess and Dot Take a Hand195
XXIIExcitement Galore206
XXIIIA Surprising Meeting217
XXIVThe Captives234
XXVIt Must Be All Right244
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
One young woman brought a great pan of stew and bread and three spoons to the vanTitle
“You have found it!” he chattered with great excitement112
The girls could sit under the trees while Luke reclined on a swinging cot158
“They want that silver thing back. It wasn’t meant for you”203