THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS
Reading edition
HOW THEY MOVED TO MILTON WHAT THEY FOUND AND WHAT THEY DID
BY
GRACE BROOKS HILL
Author of “The Corner House Girls at School,” “The
Corner House Girls Under Canvas,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
R. EMMETT OWEN
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK, N. Y.—NEWARK, N. J.
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
The Corner House Girls Series
By Grace Brooks Hill
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
(Other volumes in preparation)
BARSE & HOPKINS
Publishers—New York
Copyright, 1915,
by
Barse & Hopkins
The Corner House Girls
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
I “Left High and Dry” II Uncle Peter’s Will III The Old Corner House IV Getting Settled V Getting Acquainted VI Uncle Rufus VII Their Circle of Interest Widens VIII The Cat that Went Back IX The Vanishing Kittens X Ruth Sees Something XI In the Garret XII Mrs. Kranz Comes to Call XIII The Maronis XIV Five Cents’ Worth of Peppermints XV “A Dish of Gossip” XVI More Mysteries XVII “Mrs. Trouble” XVIII Ruth Does what She Thinks is Right XIX “Double Trouble” XX Mr. Howbridge is Perplexed XXI The Corner House Girls Win Public Approval XXII Callers—and the Ghost XXIII Not Entirely Explained XXIV Aunt Sarah Speaks Out XXV Laying the Ghost
ILLUSTRATIONS
Finding the will. In a moment the panel dropped down, leaving in view a very narrow depository for papers
She forgot her kittens and everything else, and scrambled up the tree for dear life
“Looker yere! Looker yere! Missie Ruth! There’s dem dried apples, buried in de groun’”
Up came Tommy again, his eyes open, gurgling a cry, and fighting to keep above the surface
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS