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  THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP

  GRACE BROOKS HILL

  "Ruth sprang forward and seized the old gentleman's coat"(_See Page_ 25)]

  THECORNER HOUSE GIRLSGROWING UP

  WHAT HAPPENED FIRST WHAT CAME NEXT AND HOW IT ENDED

  BYGRACE BROOKS HILL

  AUTHOR OF "THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS," "THECORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS," ETC.

  _ILLUSTRATED BY__R. EMMETT OWEN_

  BARSE & HOPKINSPUBLISHERSNEWARK, N. J.NEW YORK, N. Y.

  BOOKS FOR GIRLS

  By Grace Brooks Hill

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  The Corner House Girls Series

  _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

  BARSE & HOPKINSPUBLISHERSNEW YORK

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  Copyright, 1918,byBarse & Hopkins

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  _The Corner House Girls Growing Up_

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. ALL UP IN THE AIR 9

  II. THE OLD GENTLEMAN WITH THE GREEN UMBRELLA 19

  III. THE AERIAL TRAMWAY 29

  IV. SCHOOL IN THE OFFING 42

  V. THE SHEPARDS 49

  VI. NAMING THE NEW BABY 57

  VII. A FELINE FUROR 65

  VIII. NEIGHBOR 75

  IX. EVERYTHING AT SIXES AND AT SEVENS 84

  X. ABOARD THE NANCY HANKS 93

  XI. AFLOAT ON THE CANAL 105

  XII. MISSING 114

  XIII. THE HUE AND CRY 122

  XIV. AN UNEXPECTED DELIGHT 130

  XV. THE PURSUIT 140

  XVI. THE RINGMASTER 152

  XVII. SCALAWAG GETS A NEW HOME 161

  XVIII. A LONG LOOK AHEAD 173

  XIX. SCHOOL BEINGS 182

  XX. BEARDING THE LION 191

  XXI. ADVENTURES WITH SCALAWAG 199

  XXII. THE GREEN UMBRELLA AGAIN 211

  XXIII. THE MAD DOG SCARE 222

  XXIV. IT ENGAGES AUNT SARAH'S ATTENTION 232

  XXV. LOOKING AHEAD 246

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "Ruth sprang forward and seized the old gentleman's coat" _Frontispiece_

  "Neale reached up with a rake and unhooked the hanging basket" 74

  "'I shall begin to believe you are a man-hater,' laughed Luke" 116

  "There was a rush for the open hatchway and a chorus of excited voices" 164