Chapter I: Front Matter

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SUCCESSFUL STORIES
by
MARY GRANT BRUCE
Published by
WARD, LOCK & CO., LTD.

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“Mrs. Bruce has a story to tell and she sets
about doing it in her own straightforward way,
without resort to padding. Her style is never
laboured, it matches its subject in its natural-
ness. Smiles and tears, humour and pathos,
blend in her books as they do in life itself.”
—The Queen.
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BILLABONG’S DAUGHTER
THE TWINS OF EMU PLAINS
BACK TO BILLABONG
DICK LESTER OF KURRAJONG
CAPTAIN JIM
DICK
’POSSUM
JIM AND WALLY
A LITTLE BUSH MAID
MATES AT BILLABONG
TIMOTHY IN BUSHLAND
GLEN EYRE
NORAH OF BILLABONG
GRAY’S HOLLOW
FROM BILLABONG TO LONDON
THE HOUSES OF THE EAGLE
THE STONE AXE OF BURKAMUKK
(A volume of Australian legends)

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THE
TOWER ROOMS

BY
MARY GRANT BRUCE

W A R D , L O C K & C O . , L I M I T E D
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
1926

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I I ANSWER AN ADVERTISEMENT. . . . 7
II I BEGIN MY ADVENTURE. . . . . 18
III I MAKE A FRIEND. . . . . . . 29
IV I DISCOVER MANY THINGS. . . . . 40
V I WALK ABROAD AT NIGHT. . . . . 60
VI I MEET GOOD FORTUNE. . . . . . 72
VII I FIND SHEPHERD’S ISLAND. . . . 92
VIII I HEAR STRANGE THINGS. . . . . 113
IX I BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BAND. . 129
X I HEAR OF ROBBERS. . . . . . 140
XI I SEE DOUBLE. . . . . . . . 151
XII I HEAR STRANGE CONFIDENCES. . . 168
XIII I GO ADVENTURING. . . . . . . 178
XIV I FIND MYSELF A CONSPIRATOR. . . 188
XV I SAIL WITH MY BAND. . . . . . 202
XVI I FIND A LUCKY SIXPENCE. . . . 217
XVII I USE A POKER. . . . . . . . 231
XVIII I LOSE MY SITUATION. . . . . . 239

THE TOWER ROOMS