Chapter I: Front Matter

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GIRLS OF ’64

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

New YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., Limited

LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.

TORONTO

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GIRLS OF ’64

BY EMILIE BENSON KNIPE AND ALDEN ARTHUR KNIPE

Authors of “A Maid of ’76,” “Polly Trotter, Patriot,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY EMILIE BENSON KNIPE

New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918 All rights reserved

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Copyright, 1918 By The Macmillan Company Set up and electrotyped. Published, October, 1918

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CONTENTS

I News from the North
II A Strange Guest
III A Glimpse of Mr. Lincoln
IV Unpacking Trunks
V Confidences
VI Red Strings
VII The Baying of the Hounds
VIII Increasing Mystery
IX The Next Morning
X A Visit
XI A Knock on the Window
XII The Man on the Roof
XIII A Friend in Need
XIV Miss Imogene Takes Charge
XV Uncertainty
XVI An Unexpected Disappearance
XVII Confidences
XVIII A Distressing Incident
XIX A Strange Encounter
XX A Debt to be Paid
XXI In Coulter Woods
XXII By Grapevine Telegraph
XXIII Secrets
XXIV Face to Face
XXV Explanations
XXVI Mr. Davis Makes a Speech
XXVII A Race Against Death
XXVIII Loose Ends

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Three short raps upon the window pane

A flag of truce, honored alike by the Confederacy and the Union

Young Stanchfield struggled to sit up

“Dorothea met a Union officer in Coulter Woods”

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GIRLS OF ’64