ILLUSTRATIONS

	facing page
"A letter from Vera!" answered Dorothy (Page [3])	[Frontispiece]
She wished that she might know what they were saying	[32]
"Oh, what a fright!" she cried	[74]
"This necklace is mine!" returned the accused girl excitedly	[112]
At the end of the wall Betty and Valerie waited	[150]
Drawing closer, Nancy whispered a rare bit of news	[186]