Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP

GRACE BROOKS HILL

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP

WHAT HAPPENED FIRST
WHAT CAME NEXT
AND HOW IT ENDED

BY GRACE BROOKS HILL

AUTHOR OF "THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS," "THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS," ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY_ _R. EMMETT OWEN_

BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS NEWARK, N. J. NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

By Grace Brooks Hill

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The Corner House Girls Series

_12mo. Cloth. Illustrated._

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AT SCHOOL
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS IN A PLAY
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS' ODD FIND
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP

BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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Copyright, 1918, by Barse & Hopkins

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_The Corner House Girls Growing Up_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ALL UP IN THE AIR 9

II. THE OLD GENTLEMAN WITH THE GREEN UMBRELLA 19

III. THE AERIAL TRAMWAY 29

IV. SCHOOL IN THE OFFING 42

V. THE SHEPARDS 49

VI. NAMING THE NEW BABY 57

VII. A FELINE FUROR 65

VIII. NEIGHBOR 75

IX. EVERYTHING AT SIXES AND AT SEVENS 84

X. ABOARD THE NANCY HANKS 93

XI. AFLOAT ON THE CANAL 105

XII. MISSING 114

XIII. THE HUE AND CRY 122

XIV. AN UNEXPECTED DELIGHT 130

XV. THE PURSUIT 140

XVI. THE RINGMASTER 152

XVII. SCALAWAG GETS A NEW HOME 161

XVIII. A LONG LOOK AHEAD 173

XIX. SCHOOL BEINGS 182

XX. BEARDING THE LION 191

XXI. ADVENTURES WITH SCALAWAG 199

XXII. THE GREEN UMBRELLA AGAIN 211

XXIII. THE MAD DOG SCARE 222

XXIV. IT ENGAGES AUNT SARAH'S ATTENTION 232

XXV. LOOKING AHEAD 246

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Ruth sprang forward and seized the old gentleman's coat"
_Frontispiece_

"Neale reached up with a rake and unhooked the hanging basket" 74

"'I shall begin to believe you are a man-hater,' laughed Luke" 116

"There was a rush for the open hatchway and a chorus of excited
voices" 164