The Automobile Girls at Washington; Or, Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies

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or, Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies
Author of The Automobile Girls at Newport, The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires, The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson, The Automobile Girls at Chicago, The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach, etc.
1913
I. A Chance Meeting II. Cabinet Day in Washington III. Mr. Tu Fang Wu IV. At the Chinese Embassy V. Sub Rosa VI. The Arrest VII. Mollie's Temptation VIII. At the White House IX. Bab's Discovery X. The Confession XI. In Mr. Hamlin's Study XII. Barbara's Secret Errand XIII. A Foolish Girl XIV. Grant No Favors! XV. Bab Refuses to Grant a Favor XVI. Barbara's Unexpected Good Luck XVII. The White Veil XVIII. A Tangled Web or Circumstance XIX. Harriet in Danger XX. Foiled! XXI. The Discovery XXII. Oil on the Troubled Waters XXIII. Suspense and the Reward XXIV. Home at Laurel Cottage
Barbara Thurston stood at the window of a large old-fashioned house, looking out into Connecticut Avenue. It was almost dark. An occasional light twinkled outside in the street, but the room in which Barbara was stationed was still shrouded in twilight.
Suddenly she heard a curtain at the farther end of the drawing-room rustle faintly.
Bab turned and saw a young man standing between the curtains, peering into the shadows with a pair of near-sighted eyes.
Barbara started. The stranger had entered the room through a small study that adjoined it. He seemed totally unaware of any other presence, for he was whistling softly: Kathleen Mavourneen.
I beg your pardon, Bab began impulsively, but are you looking for some one?
The newcomer flashed a charming smile at Barbara. He did not seem in the least surprised at her appearance.