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BY
ELEANOR H. PORTER
Author of ``Miss Billy,'' etc.
TO
My Cousin Helen
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. CALDERWELL DOES SOME TALKING
II. AUNT HANNAH GETS A LETTER
III. BILLY AND BERTRAM
IV. FOR MARY JANE
V. MARIE SPEAKS HER MIND
VI. AT THE SIGN OF THE PINK
VII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW
VIII. M. J. OPENS THE GAME
IX. A RUG, A PICTURE, AND A GIRL AFRAID
X. A JOB FOR PETE--AND FOR BERTRAM
XI. A CLOCK AND AUNT HANNAH
XII. SISTER KATE
XIII. CYRIL AND A WEDDING
XIV. M. J. MAKES ANOTHER MOVE
XV. ``MR. BILLY'' AND ``MISS MARY JANE''
XVI. A GIRL AND A BIT OF LOWESTOFT
XVII. ONLY A LOVE SONG, BUT--
XVIII. SUGARPLUMS
XIX. ALICE GREGGORY
XX. ARKWRIGHT TELLS A STORY
XXI. A MATTER OF STRAIGHT BUSINESS
XXII. PLANS AND PLOTTINGS
XXIII. THE CAUSE AND BERTRAM
XXIV. THE ARTIST AND HIS ART
XXV. THE OPERETTA
XXVI. ARKWRIGHT TELLS ANOTHER STORY
XXVII. THE THING THAT WAS THE TRUTH
XXVIII. BILLY TAKES HER TURN
XXIX. KATE WRITES A LETTER
XXX. ``I'VE HINDERED HIM''
XXXI. FLIGHT
XXXII. PETE TO THE RESCUE
XXXIII. BERTRAM TAKES THE REINS
CHAPTER I
``Eh?''
``Well?''
``The Strata!''
``Gorry!''
``But there's--yourself.''
``Thank you.''
``Twenty-four.''
CHAPTER II
Billy laughed.
``Cyril!''
Billy laughed.
``A niece?''
Billy laughed.
CHAPTER III
``Bertram, it's--done!''
``Y-yes; but--''
``_Afraid_--Billy!''
``Yes.''
``_Like_ it!''
``Why, _Billy!_''
Billy smiled.
``Yes.''
``The same.''
Bertram frowned.
Billy laughed.
Bertram chuckled.
Billy laughed.
``Bertram can't.''
``_Can't!_''
CHAPTER V
``Marie!''
``Did he say--that?''
Billy smiled.
CHAPTER VI
``A _ma-an!_''
Arkwright laughed.
``I'm afraid I owe Aunt Hannah an apology,''
he said. He hesitated, glanced admiringly at the
glowing, half-averted face near him, then went
on decisively. He wore the air of a man who has
set the match to his bridges. ``I signed both
letters `M. J. Arkwright,' but in the first one
I quoted a remark of a friend, and in that remark
I was addressed as `Mary Jane.' I did not know
but Aunt Hannah knew of the nickname.''
(Arkwright was speaking a little slowly now, as if
weighing his words.) ``But when she answered,
I saw that she did not; for, from something she
said, I realized that she thought I was a real
Mary Jane. For the joke of the thing I let it pass.
But--if she noticed my letter carefully, she saw
that I did not accept your kind invitation to give
CHAPTER VII
``Wha-at?''
``A _man!_''
``Billy!''
``Yes.''
Billy chuckled.
Everybody laughed.
Billy laughed.
Arkwright laughed.
CHAPTER IX
Billy smiled.
``Why, Billy!''
CHAPTER X
``And so it is.''
``Billy!''
``Why not?''
``Pete!''
``Miss Billy!''
``Bertram!''
Bertram laughed.
``Did it work?''
``Changed it!''
``Did he?''
Billy smiled.
Bertram chuckled.
CHAPTER XI
``_Aunt Hannah!_''
``One!''
``Stood it!''
Billy colored.
CHAPTER XII
SISTER KATE
``Is that so? But you see, after all, _you_ aren't
making the--the choice.'' Billy spoke lightly,
gayly; and she ended with a bright little laugh, as
if to hide any intended impertinence.
``No; at noon.''
CHAPTER XIII
``A lunatic!''
``Nonsense, Bertram!''
``Bertram!''
``Stage fright!''
``Yes. Bertram says he's trying to find some
one to play his r<o^>le, I believe, in the ceremony.''
``_Mrs. Hartwell!_''
``_Marie!_''
``But I don't.''
``Sensible girl!''
Everybody laughed.
Billy laughed.
CHAPTER XIV
``Tension?''
Arkwright laughed.
``No.''
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
Bertram stiffened.
CHAPTER XVIII
SUGARPLUMS
Billy chuckled.
CHAPTER XIX
ALICE GREGGORY
``Half-past one.''
``Certainly not.''
``_Miss Neilson!_''
Billy smiled radiantly. It was the first time
she had ever seen Alice Greggory's haughtily
cold reserve break into anything like naturalness
--the astonished incredulity of that ``Miss
Neilson!'' was plainly straight from the heart;
so, too, were the amazed words that followed.
CHAPTER XX
Arkwright laughed.
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
``N-no.''
CHAPTER XXIII
``Yes.''
CHAPTER XXIV
``Oh, Bertram!''
CHAPTER XXV
THE OPERETTA
Arkwright sighed.
``Yes?''
CHAPTER XXVII
``Not yours!''
``Not--entirely.''
``Yes--very.''
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
``Another!''
Billy hesitated.
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
FLIGHT
``Yes, dear.''
``Please tell John to bring Peggy around early
enough to-night so we can go down and get the
Greggorys. I told them we'd call for them.''
``_To-day_--child?''
CHAPTER XXXII
``It's--B-Bertram!''
``Hurt! How?''
``I don't know. Pete told me.''
``Pete!''
``How?''
Billy blushed.
``Humph!'' he commented.
Billy laughed.
``But--''
``Bertram, do you--really?''
``Yes, a week.''