Front matter

SUCCESSFUL STORIES

by

MARY GRANT BRUCE

Published by

WARD, LOCK & CO., LTD.

“Mrs. Bruce has a story to tell and she sets

about doing it in her own straightforward way,

without resort to padding. Her style is never

laboured, it matches its subject in its naturalness.

Smiles and tears, humour and pathos,

blend in her books as they do in life itself.”

—The Queen.

BILLABONG’S DAUGHTER

THE TWINS OF EMU PLAINS

BACK TO BILLABONG

DICK LESTER OF KURRAJONG

CAPTAIN JIM

DICK

’POSSUM

JIM AND WALLY

A LITTLE BUSH MAID

MATES AT BILLABONG

TIMOTHY IN BUSHLAND

GLEN EYRE

NORAH OF BILLABONG

GRAY’S HOLLOW

FROM BILLABONG TO LONDON

THE HOUSES OF THE EAGLE

THE STONE AXE OF BURKAMUKK

(A volume of Australian legends)

“He put out a long arm and mysteriously produced some jelly, with which he fed me.” (Page 240.) The Tower Rooms] [Frontispiece

THE

TOWER ROOMS

BY

MARY GRANT BRUCE

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON AND MELBOURNE

1926

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE

II Answer an Advertisement7

III Begin My Adventure18

IIII Make a Friend29

IVI Discover Many Things40

VI Walk Abroad at Night60

VII Meet Good Fortune72

VIII Find Shepherd’s Island92

VIIII Hear Strange Things113

IXI Become a Member of the Band129

XI Hear of Robbers140

XII See Double151

XIII Hear Strange Confidences168

XIIII Go Adventuring178

XIVI Find Myself a Conspirator188

XVI Sail with my Band202

XVII Find a Lucky Sixpence217

XVIII Use a Poker231

XVIIII Lose my Situation239

THE TOWER ROOMS