THE MYSTERY SOLVED
For a moment there was silence in the two rooms while the girls let this
sink in. Then Laura and Vi jumped out of bed, and, running into Connie's
room, fairly pounced upon Billie.
They were all so excited that for a moment they could not speak. And then
they all spoke at once.
"Miss Arbuckle's album!"
"Billie, you must be crazy!"
"I never heard anything----"
"Billie, are you sure?"
These, and a dozen other wild questions like them fairly smothered poor
Billie, and it was a long time before she could get a word in edgewise.
"Please keep still a minute," she cried at last. "You're making so much
noise you'll wake the children."
"Goodness! who cares about the children?" cried Laura impatiently.
"Billie, if you don't say something, I'll scream."
"Well, give me a chance then," retorted Billie.
"What did you mean by saying that you saw them in Miss Arbuckle's album?"
asked Connie.
Billie looked at her soberly and then said very quietly. "Just that!"
"But, Billie, when did this happen?" cried Laura, fairly shaking her in
her impatience. "For goodness sake, tell us everything."
"Why, I know!" Vi broke in excitedly. "Don't you remember what Billie
said about Miss Arbuckle's crying over the pictures of three children in
the album----"
"And said," Connie took up the tale eagerly, "that she had lost her dear
ones, but didn't want to lose their pictures too? Oh, Billie, now it is a
mystery!"
"But if you are sure these are the same children you saw in the album,
Billie," said Laura, walking up and down the room excitedly, "you will
have to do something about it."
"Of course," said Billie, her eyes shining. "I'll write to Miss Arbuckle
and tell her all about it. Oh, girls, I can't wait to see her face when
she sees them. I'm sure it will make her happy again."
They talked about Billie's remarkable discovery late into the night,
until finally sheer weariness forced them to go to bed. But in the
morning they were up with the first ray of sunlight.
They told Connie's mother and father about it at the breakfast table, and
before they got through the meal the two older people were almost as
interested and excited as the girls.
As soon as she could get away Billie flew upstairs to write her letter,
leaving the others still at the table. The children had already had their
breakfast--for like all children they woke up with the birds--and were
out playing on the front porch.
"Why, I never heard anything like it!" said Connie's mother to her
equally astonished husband. "It seems like a fairy tale. But, oh, I do
hope it is true--for the kiddies' sake and for that of that poor Miss
Arbuckle."
Again and again Mrs. Danvers had tried to question the children about
their parents and where they lived, but the little things had seemed to
be thrown into such terror at the very first questions and had refused so
absolutely to say a word that might lead to the discovery of their
relatives that she had been forced to give up in despair. Just the very
night before Mr. Danvers had decided to go over to the mainland and put
an advertisement in all the leading papers.
"Although I rather dread to find their guardians," he had confided to his
wife that night, as they had stood looking down at the sweet little
sleeping faces. "I'm falling in love with them. It's like having Connie a
baby all over again."
And Connie's mother had patted his arm fondly and reached down to draw a
cover up over one little bare arm.
"I feel that way too," she had said softly.
When Billie had finished her letter Mr. Danvers volunteered to take it
over to the mainland for her and send it special delivery.
"You won't put the ad in the paper then, will you?" his wife asked as he
started off.
"No," he said, stooping down to pat the little boy's dark head. "I'll
give Billie a chance to clear up her mystery first." And with a smile at
Billie he swung off down the walk while with quickened hearts the girls
and Mrs. Danvers watched him go.
Suddenly the little fellow got up from the hollow in the sand where he
and his sisters had been making sand pies and ran up to Billie, waving
his shovel excitedly.
"Him goin' 'way?" he asked, pointing down the beach toward Mr. Danvers.
"Yes. But he's coming back," said Billie, catching the little fellow up
and kissing his soft rosy cheek. Then she looked at the girls and her
eyes filled with tears. "Oh, girls," she cried, "I don't see how I'm
going to give him up!"
Then followed days of anxious waiting for the girls. Every night when the
mail came in on the _Mary Ann_ they were at the dock to meet it. But
though they searched for a letter postmarked Molata with eager eyes, day
after day went by and still there was no word from Miss Arbuckle.
This state of affairs continued for over a week until the girls had begun
to give up in despair. And then one night it came--the letter they had
been waiting for.
They did not wait to get home, but sat down on the edge of the dock while
Billie read it aloud.
The letter was such a mixture of joy and hope and fear that sometimes the
girls had hard work making anything out of it. However, this much was
clear: Miss Arbuckle intended to leave Molata Friday night--and this was
Friday night--and would probably be at Lighthouse Island Saturday
morning. And to-morrow was Saturday!
"She says," Billie finished, her voice trembling with excitement, "that
the reason she didn't write to us before was because she was out of town
and didn't receive my letter for almost a week after it reached Three
Towers Hall. She says----"
"Oh, who cares about that?" cried Laura impatiently. "The main thing is
that she will be here to-morrow."
"Only a little over twelve hours to wait."
The girls did not sleep very well that night, and they were up and
dressed and at the dock almost an hour before the steamer was due.
They were so nervous that they could not stand still, and it was just as
well that the _Mary Ann_ was a little early that morning, or the dock
would have been worn out completely, Connie declared.
"Oh, Billie, suppose she doesn't come?" whispered Vi as the boat slid
into the dock. "Suppose----"
"No suppose about it," Billie whispered back joyfully. "Look, Vi! There
she is."
"But who is the man with her?" cried Laura suddenly, as Miss Arbuckle
waved to them from the upper deck and then started down the narrow
winding stairway, followed by a tall, rather stoop-shouldered man who
seemed to the girls to have something vaguely familiar about him.
"He may not be with her," Billie answered. But suddenly she gasped. Miss
Arbuckle had stepped upon the dock with hands outstretched to the girls,
and as the tall man followed her Billie got her first full look at his
face.
It was Hugo Billings, the mysterious maker of fern baskets whom they had
found in his hut in the woods!
As for the man, he seemed as much astonished as the girls, and he stood
staring at them and they at him while Miss Arbuckle looked from one to
the other in amazement.
"What's the matter?" she cried. "Hugo, have you met the girls before?"
"Why, why yes," stammered the man, a smile touching his lips.
"You see we were lost in the woods and he very kindly showed us the way
out," said Billie, finding her voice at last.
"Oh," said Miss Arbuckle.
Then she introduced her companion to the girls as "my brother" and once
more the girls thought they must be losing their minds. But this time
Miss Arbuckle did not seem to notice their bewilderment, for her whole
mind was on the object that had brought her here.
"The children?" she asked, her voice trembling with emotion. "Are they
here?"
"They are at my house, Miss Arbuckle," said Connie, recovering from her
bewilderment enough to realize that she was the hostess. "I suppose
you're crazy to see them."
"Oh yes! Oh yes!" cried the teacher. Then, as Connie led the way on
toward the cottage, she turned to Billie eagerly.
"Billie," she said, "are you sure you recognized my children? If I should
be disappointed now I--I think it would kill me. Tell me, what do they
look like?"
As Billie described the waifs Miss Arbuckle's face grew brighter and
brighter and the man whom the girls had called Hugo Billings leaned
forward eagerly.
"I guess there's no mistake this time, Mary," he said, and there was
infinite relief in his tone.
When they reached the cottage the children were playing in the sand as
usual, and the girls drew back, leaving Miss Arbuckle and her brother to
go on alone.
Miss Arbuckle had grown very white, and she reached out a hand to her
brother for support. Then she leaned forward and called very softly:
"Davy, Davy, dear."
The children stopped playing and stared up at the visitors. But it was
the little fellow who recognized them first.
"Mary! My Mary!" he cried in his baby voice, and ran as fast as his
little legs could carry him straight into Miss Arbuckle's arms. Then the
little girls ran to her, and Miss Arbuckle dropped down in the sand and
hugged them and kissed them and cried over them.
"Oh, my children! My darling, darling children!" she cried over and over
again, while the man stood looking down at them with such a look of utter
happiness on his face that the girls turned away.
"Come on," whispered Billie, and they slipped past the two and into the
house.
Connie's mother and father were in the library, and when the girls told
them what had happened they hurried out to greet the newcomers, leaving
the chums alone.
"Well, now," said Laura, sinking down on the couch and looking up at
them, "what do you think of that?"
"I'm so dazed, I don't know what to think of it," said Billie, adding,
with a funny little laugh: "The only thing we do know is that everybody's
happy."
"Talk about mysteries----" Connie was beginning when Connie's mother and
Miss Arbuckle came in with the clamoring, excited children. And to say
that Miss Arbuckle's face was radiant would not have been describing it
at all.
"Oh girls, girls!" she cried, looking around at them, while her eyes
filled with tears, "do you know what you've done for me--do you? But of
course you don't," she answered herself, sitting down on the couch while
the children climbed up and snuggled against her. "And that's what I want
to tell you."
"Ob, but not now," protested Connie's mother. "I want to get you a cup of
tea first."
"Oh, please let me tell the girls now. I want to," begged Miss Arbuckle,
and Connie's mother gave in.
"You see," the teacher began while the girls gathered around eagerly,
"only a few months ago Hugo--my brother--and I were very happy. That was
before the dreadful thing happened that changed everything for us. I was
nurse and governess," she hugged the children to her and they gazed up at
her fondly, "to these children at the same house where Hugo was head
gardener. Our employers were very wealthy people, and, having too many
social duties to care for their children, Hugo and I sort of took the
place of their father and mother. Indeed we loved them as if they
belonged to us."
She paused a moment, and the girls stirred impatiently.
"Then the terrible thing happened," she continued. "One night the
children disappeared. I had put them to bed as usual, and in the morning
when I went in to them they were gone."
"Oh!" cried the girls.
"But that wasn't enough--Hugo and I weren't sorrow-stricken enough," she
went on, a trace of bitterness creeping into her voice. "But they--Mr.
and Mrs. Beltz--must accuse us--us--of a plot to kidnap the children.
They accused us openly, and Hugo and I, being afraid they had enough
circumstantial evidence to convict us, innocent though we were, fled from
the house.
"That's about all," she said, with a sigh. "Hugo built himself a little
refuge in the woods and made fern baskets, selling enough to make him a
scanty living, and I went as a teacher and house matron to Three Towers
Hall. That is why," she turned to Billie, who was staring at her
fascinated, "I was so desperate when I lost the album, and why," she
added, with a smile, "I acted so foolishly when you returned it."
"You weren't foolish," said Billie. "I think you were awfully brave. I
understand everything now."
"But I don't--not quite," put in Connie's mother, her pretty forehead
puckered thoughtfully. "Of course you didn't kidnap the children,"
turning to Miss Arbuckle, "but it is equally certain that somebody must
have done it."
"Oh, but don't you see?" Connie broke in eagerly. "The kidnappers,
whoever they were, must have gone down on the ship out there on the
shoal."
"And they bound the children on that funny raft and set them adrift,
probably thinking they would be able to get away themselves," added Vi
eagerly.
"And then the ship went down before they could follow," said Billie,
adding, as she turned earnestly to the teacher: "Oh, Miss Arbuckle, it
was awful--that poor ship out there going down with all the people on
board!"
"Yes, it must have been horrible. I read about it in the papers," nodded
Miss Arbuckle soberly. Then a great light broke over her face as she
looked down at the three children who were still not much more than
babies. "But some good comes of almost everything. I have my precious
children now, and I can take them back to their family and prove my
innocence--and Hugo's. Oh I'm so happy--I'm so happy!"
"But won't you come back to Three Towers any more?" asked Laura, her face
so long that Miss Arbuckle laughed delightedly.
"Yes, my dear," she said, a joyful light in her eyes that made her quite
a different person. "Hugo will probably go back to his old position, but
I--oh, I could not desert Three Towers now after all you girls have done
for me."
Then Connie's mother had her way and whisked joyful Miss Arbuckle away
upstairs to "take off her hat" while the children trailed after, leaving
the girls alone.
Laura and Connie and Vi fairly hugged each other over the marvelous
clearing up of their mystery, but Billie turned away and looked out of
the window, while sudden tears stung her eyes.
She did not notice that the little boy whom Miss Arbuckle had called Davy
stopped at the foot of the stairs and crept softly back to her, she did
not know he was anywhere around, till a soft little hand was slipped into
hers and a baby voice said plaintively:
"Me loves my Billie, too."
"You darling!" cried Billie, kneeling down and catching him close to her.
"I suppose they will take you away now where you belong, honey, but don't
ever forget your Billie."
And when the girls went over to her a few minutes later they were
surprised to find that her eyes were wet.
"Why, Billie, you've been crying!" Laura exclaimed. "And you ought to be
as happy as the rest of us."
"I am," said Billie, wiping her eyes hard. "Only I was thinking of little
Davy."
"Well, don't, if it makes you cry and gets your nose all red," scolded
Connie.
"Never mind, honey," said Vi, putting an arm about her. "We are all sorry
to see the kiddies go, of course. But we can see them again some time if
we want to."
"And just think," added Laura happily, "the boys are coming back next
week. And that means Teddy, too," she added slyly.
"Yes, I'm glad he--_they_ are coming," stammered Billie, and the others
laughed at her confusion. Then suddenly she wiped away the last trace of
her tears and her eyes began to shine, making her look like the Billie
the girls knew and loved best. "We _will_ have some good times when the
boys come, girls. Why," as if making a surprising discovery, "our fun has
just begun!"
And that Billie was speaking the truth and that there were more
adventures in store for the boys and girls than even the girls dreamed of
on that beautiful summer day, will be shown in the next volume of the
series.
In the due course of time the three Beltz children were restored to their
parents. It was learned that they had been kidnapped by three men who had
thought to make a large sum of money out of their scoundrelly game. But
all three kidnappers had lost their lives in the wreck.
At first it was supposed that many had gone down in the foundering of the
_Daniel Boley_, as the ship was named. But later on it was learned that
three small boats had got away in safety and the survivors had been
picked up by a vessel bound for Halifax. So the loss of life was, after
all, small.
Mr. and Mrs. Beltz were heartily ashamed of having suspected Miss
Arbuckle and her brother of wrong doing, and they offered both their
positions back at increased salaries. Hugo returned to the Beltz estate,
but not so his sister.
"I love the children very, very much," said Miss Arbuckle. "But I also
love Three Towers Hall and the girls there. I shall remain at the
school." And she did, much to the delight of Billie and her chums.
And now the sun shining brightly once more and happiness all around them,
let us say good-bye to Billie and the other girls on Lighthouse Island.
THE END
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by JANET D. WHEELER
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1. BILLIE BRADLEY AND HER INHERITANCE
or The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners
Billie Bradley fell heir to an old homestead that was unoccupied and
located far away in a lonely section of the country. How Billie went
there, accompanied by some of her chums, and what queer things happened,
go to make up a story no girl will want to miss.
2. BILLIE BRADLEY AT THREE-TOWERS HALL
or Leading a Needed Rebellion
Three-Towers Hall was a boarding school for girls. For a short time after
Billie arrived there all went well. But then the head of the school had
to go on a long journey and she left the girls in charge of two teachers,
sisters, who believed in severe discipline and in very, very plain food
and little of it--and then there was a row! The girls wired for the head
to come back--and all ended happily.
3. BILLIE BRADLEY ON LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND
or The Mystery of the Wreck
One of Billie's friends owned a summer bungalow on Lighthouse Island,
near the coast. The school girls made up a party and visited the Island.
There was a storm and a wreck, and three little children were washed
ashore. They could tell nothing of themselves, and Billie and her chums
set to work to solve the mystery of their identity.
4. BILLIE BRADLEY AND HER CLASSMATES
or The Secret of the Locked Tower
Billie and her chums come to the rescue of several little children who
have broken through the ice. There is the mystery of a lost invention,
and also the dreaded mystery of the locked school tower.
5. BILLIE BRADLEY AT TWIN LAKES
or Jolly Schoolgirls Afloat and Ashore
A tale of outdoor adventure in which Billie and her chums have a great
variety of adventures. They visit an artists' colony and there fall in
with a strange girl living with an old boatman who abuses her constantly.
Billie befriended Hulda and the mystery surrounding the girl was finally
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May Hollis Barton is a new writer for girls who is bound to win instant
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Alcott and Mrs. L. T. Meade, but thoroughly up-to-date in plot and
action. Clean tales that all girls will enjoy reading.
1. THE GIRL FROM THE COUNTRY
or Laura Mayford's City Experiences
Laura was the oldest of five children and when daddy got sick she felt
she must do something. She had a chance to try her luck in New York, and
there the country girl fell in with many unusual experiences.
2. THREE GIRL CHUMS AT LAUREL HALL
or The Mystery of the School by the Lake
When the three chums arrived at the boarding school they found the other
students in the grip of a most perplexing mystery. How this mystery was
solved, and what good times the girls had, both in school and on the
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3. NELL GRAYSON'S RANCHING DAYS
or A City Girl in the Great West
Showing how Nell, when she had a ranch girl visit her in Boston, thought
her chum very green, but when Nell visited the ranch in the great West
she found herself confronting many conditions of which she was totally
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Four sisters are keeping house and having trouble to make both ends meet.
One day there wanders in from a stalled express train an old lady who
cannot remember her identity. The girls take the old lady in, and, later,
are much astonished to learn who she really is.
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or The Girl Who Won Out
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1. THE LINGER-NOTS AND THE MYSTERY HOUSE
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How the Linger-Not girls met and formed their club seems commonplace, but
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great purpose continues the interest to the end, and introduces a new
type of girlhood.
2. THE LINGER-NOTS AND THE VALLEY FEUD
or The Great West Point Chain
The Linger-Not girls had no thought of becoming mixed up with feuds or
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surprising adventures that turned out happily for all, and made the
valley better because of their visit.
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or The Log of the Ocean Monarch
For a club of girls to become involved in a mystery leading back into the
times of the California gold-rush, seems unnatural until the reader sees
how it happened, and how the girls helped one of their friends to come
into her rightful name and inheritance, forms a fine story.
4. THE LINGER-NOTS AND THE WHISPERING CHARMS
or The Secret from Old Alaska
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Ruth Fielding was an orphan and came to live with her miserly uncle. Her
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Ruth Fielding is a character that will live in juvenile fiction.
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1. BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM
or The Mystery of a Nobody
At twelve Betty is left an orphan.
2. BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON or Strange Adventures in a Great City
Betty goes to the National Capitol to find her uncle and has several
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or The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune
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4. BETTY GORDON AT BOARDING SCHOOL
or The Treasure of Indian Chasm
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At Mountain Camp Betty found herself in the midst of a mystery involving
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Rebellious students, disliked teachers and mysterious robberies make a
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or Cowboy Joe's Secret
Betty and her chums have a grand time in the saddle.
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or The Secret of the Mountains
Betty receives a fake telegram and finds both Bob and herself held for
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Betty and her chums go to the ocean shore for a vacation and there Betty
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The highest ideals of girlhood as advocated by the foremost organizations
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1. THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS
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A story of the True Tred Troop in a Pennsylvania town. Two runaway girls,
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2. THE GIRL SCOUTS AT BELLAIRE
or Maid Mary's Awakening
The story of a timid little maid who is afraid to take part in other
girls' activities, while working nobly alone for high ideals. How she was
discovered by the Bellaire Troop and came into her own as "Maid Mary"
makes a fascinating story.
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Luna Land, a little island by the sea, is wrapt in a mysterious
seclusion, and Kitty Scuttle, a grotesque figure, succeeds in keeping all
others at bay until the Girl Scouts come.
4. THE GIRL SCOUTS AT CAMP COMALONG
or Peg of Tamarack Hills
The girls of Bobolink Troop spend their summer on the shores of Lake
Hocomo. Their discovery of Peg, the mysterious rider, and the clearing up
of her remarkable adventures afford a vigorous plot.
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Nora Blair is the pampered daughter of a frivolous mother. Her dislike
for the rugged life of Girl Scouts is eventually changed to appreciation,
when the rescue of little Lucia, a woodland waif, becomes a problem for
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1. THE CURLYTOPS AT CHERRY FARM
or Vacation Days in the Country
A tale of happy vacation days on a farm.
2. THE CURLYTOPS ON STAR ISLAND
or Camping out with Grandpa
The Curlytops camp on Star Island.
3. THE CURLYTOPS SNOWED IN
or Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds
The Curlytops on lakes and hills.
4. THE CURLYTOPS AT UNCLE FRANK'S RANCH
or Little Folks on Ponyback
Out West on their uncle's ranch they have a wonderful time.
5. THE CURLYTOPS AT SILVER LAKE
or On the Water with Uncle Ben
The Curlytops camp out on the shores of a beautiful lake.
6. THE CURLYTOPS AND THEIR PETS
or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection
An old uncle leaves them to care for his collection of pets.
7. THE CURLYTOPS AND THEIR PLAYMATES
or Jolly Times Through the Holidays
They have great times with their uncle's collection of animals.
8. THE CURLYTOPS IN THE WOODS
or Fun at the Lumber Camp
Exciting times in the forest for Curlytops.
9. THE CURLYTOPS AT SUNSET BEACH
or What Was Found in the Sand
The Curlytops have a fine time at the seashore.
10. THE CURLYTOPS TOURING AROUND
or The Missing Photograph Albums
The Curlytops get in some moving pictures.
11. THE CURLYTOPS IN A SUMMER CAMP
or Animal Joe's Menagerie
There is great excitement as some mischievous monkeys break out of Animal
Joe's Menagerie.
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THE RUBY AND RUTHY SERIES
by MINNIE E. PAULL
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, 65 cents, postpaid.
Four bright and entertaining stories told in Mrs. Paull's happiest manner
are among the best stories ever written for young girls, and cannot fail
to interest any between the ages of eight and fifteen years.
RUBY AND RUTHY
Ruby and Ruthie were not old enough to go to school, but they certainly
were lively enough to have many exciting adventures, that taught many
useful lessons needed to be learned by little girls.
RUBY'S UPS AND DOWNS
There were troubles enough for a dozen grown-ups, but Ruby got ahead of
them all, and, in spite of them, became a favorite in the lively times at
school.
RUBY AT SCHOOL
Ruby had many surprises when she went to the impossible place she heard
called a boarding school, but every experience helped to make her a
stronger-minded girl.
RUBY'S VACATION
This volume shows how a little girl improves by having varieties of
experience both happy and unhappy, provided she thinks, and is able to
use her good sense. Ruby lives and learns.
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