Chapter I: Front Matter

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JOAN & CO.

=Books by Frederick Orin Bartlett=
PUBLISHED BY
A HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

JOAN & CO.
ONE YEAR OF PIERROT. Illustrated.
THE TRIFLERS. Illustrated.
THE WALL STREET GIRL. Illustrated.
JOAN OF THE ALLEY. Illustrated.

JOAN & CO.
_By_

FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
_The Riverside Press Cambridge_

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO
R. S. B.

CONTENTS

I. DICKY IS SERIOUS 1

II. JOAN IS BORED 12

III. CHANCE 22

IV. THE DRIVER AND FATE 35

V. BANDAGED 42

VI. WHOSE FAULT? 51

VII. A LETTER 64

VIII. DICKY CALLS 71

IX. THE FIGHTING THINGS 82

X. AT HOME 93

XI. THE SILENT PARTNER 104

XII. JOAN & CO. 118

XIII. A CHALLENGE 134

XIV. PUMPKIN PIE 142

XV. LIKE NAPOLEON 146

XVI. THE DEVONS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 152

XVII. UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN 161

XVIII. BEEF TEA 173

XIX. PRINCESSES 183

XX. THE FASTER GAME 198

XXI. A CONFESSION 206

XXII. A SALE 212

XXIII. NO TIME TO WASTE 222

XXIV. A VACATION 228

XXV. DANGER 235

XXVI. A NEW STENOGRAPHER 245

XXVII. REAL NEWS 257

XXVIII. THE BIG HOUR 270

XXIX. A STRAIGHT TIP 281

XXX. BANKRUPT 295

XXXI. DISCHARGED 305

XXXII. GOLF 311

XXXIII. THE BIG CHANCE 317

XXXIV. A BUSY MAN 333

XXXV. LOVE 344

XXXVI. THE DAY COMES 351

XXXVII. BACK HOME 364

XXXVIII. THE LAST ACT 373

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