Chapter I: Front Matter

NAN SHERWOOD AT PALM BEACH

OR

STRANGE ADVENTURES AMONG THE ORANGE GROVES

BY

ANNIE ROE CARR

Author of "Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp," "Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays," "Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch," etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

BY ANNIE ROE CARR

THE NAN SHERWOOD SERIES

NAN SHERWOOD AT PINE CAMP
Or The Old Lumberman's Secret
NAN SHERWOOD AT LAKEVIEW HALL
Or The Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse
NAN SHERWOOD'S WINTER HOLIDAYS
Or Rescuing the Runaways
NAN SHERWOOD AT ROSE RANCH
Or The Old Mexican's Treasure
NAN SHERWOOD AT PALM BEACH
Or Strange Adventures Among the Orange Groves

GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1921, BY GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY

_Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach_

_Printed in the U. S. A._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CRASH ON THE HILL 1 II. NEARLY A TRAGEDY 13 III. THE OLD LADY 20 IV. SOLVING A PROBLEM 27 V. CALLED TO ACCOUNT 34 VI. A GLORIOUS PROSPECT 41 VII. IN THE DORMITORY 47 VIII. ON THE ROAD 55 IX. THE JOY OF GIVING 62 X. A MIDNIGHT FEAST 69 XI. A DANGEROUS PLOT 76 XII. ALMOST A DISASTER 85 XIII. THE WILY STRANGER 94 XIV. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 104 XV. WE'RE OFF! 114 XVI. FUN AND NONSENSE 123 XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS MEN 131 XVIII. A STARTLING REVELATION 138 XIX. AN ATTEMPTED THEFT 147 XX. THOSE MEN AGAIN 156 XXI. THE BEGINNING OF ROMANCE 165 XXII. PALM BEACH AT LAST 173 XXIII. A TROPICAL PARADISE 181 XXIV. NAN IS FRIGHTENED 188 XXV. MOONLIGHT 198 XXVI. WORTH A FORTUNE 208 XXVII. WALTER TO THE RESCUE 217 XXVIII. CAUGHT 228 XXIX. "WHEN THE SPIRIT MOVES" 237

ILLUSTRATIONS

The music carried them far away on the golden wings of melody
(Page 190) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

The three girls bent eagerly over Mrs. Bragley as she opened one
paper after another 66
Nan's eyes were following the figures of two men strolling down
the deck 140
He pushed Nan from him with such force that she stumbled and
fell 216

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