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  MISS MILLION'S MAID

  "_Why, she's going to ask me down there, too, to one of her week-end parties!_"]

  Miss Million's Maid

  A Romance of Love and Fortune

  By BERTA RUCK (Mrs. Oliver Onions)

  AUTHOR OF

  "His Official Fiancee," "In Another Girl's Shoes," "The Girls At His Billet," Etc.

 

  With Frontispiece By E. C. CASWELL

  A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York

  Published by arrangement with DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

  COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I THE YOUNG MAN NEXT DOOR . . . . . . 1

  II TWO GIRLS IN A KITCHEN . . . . . . 10

  III A BOLT FROM THE BLUE . . . . . . . 17

  IV THE LAWYER'S DILEMMA . . . . . . . 26

  V MILLION LEAVES HER PLACE . . . . . . 31

  VI ANOTHER RUMPUS! . . . . . . . . 36

  VII MY DEPARTURE . . . . . . . . . 44

  VIII I BECOME MILLION'S MAID . . . . . . 53

  IX WE MOVE INTO NEW QUARTERS . . . . . . 60

  X AN ORGY OF SHOPPING! . . . . . . . 67

  XI AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY . . . . . 72

  XII THE DAY OF THE PARTY . . . . . . . 82

  XIII MY FIRST "AFTERNOON OUT" . . . . . . 96

  XIV CREAM AND COMPLIMENTS . . . . . . 105

  XV A DIFFERENT KIND OF PARTY . . . . . . 118

  XVI A WORD OF WARNING . . . . . . . . 129

  XVII REVELRY BY NIGHT . . . . . . . . 141

  XVIII MY FIRST PROPOSAL . . . . . . . . 150

  XIX WAITING FOR THE REVELLER . . . . . . 156

  XX WHERE IS SHE? . . . . . . . . . 168

  XXI AN UNEXPECTED INVASION . . . . . . . 180

  XXII HER COUSIN TO THE RESCUE . . . . . . 191

  XXIII I START ON THE QUEST . . . . . . . 206

  XXIV WE SEEK THE "REFUGE" . . . . . . . 220

  XXV FOUND! . . . . . . . . . . 231

  XXVI MISS MILLION IN LOVE . . . . . . . 241

  XXVII AN UNUSUAL SORT OF BEGGAR . . . . . . 255

  XXVIII THE CROWDED HOLIDAY . . . . . . . 273

  XXIX LOCKED UP! . . . . . . . . . 307

  XXX OUT ON BAIL . . . . . . . . . 319

  XXXI MILLION BUCKS UP . . . . . . . . 344

  XXXII WALES FOREVER! . . . . . . . . 354

  XXXIII MISS MILLION HAS AN IDEA! . . . . . . 372

  XXXIV THE FORTUNES OF WAR . . . . . . . 384