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POLLY’S BUSINESS VENTURE


THE TWO CARS COLLIDED.
Polly’s Business Venture. Frontispiece—(Page 99)


POLLY’S

BUSINESS VENTURE

BY

LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY

Author of

POLLY OF PEBBLY PIT, POLLY AND ELEANOR,

POLLY IN NEW YORK, POLLY AND

HER FRIENDS ABROAD

ILLUSTRATED BY

H. S. BARBOUR

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America


Copyright, 1922, by

GROSSET & DUNLAP


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I Polly Returns To America [1]
II A Disappointing Evening [18]
III The Accident [34]
IV A Reunion and a Visitor [47]
V The Raid on Choko’s Find Mine [58]
VI Polly and Eleanor Begin Collecting [74]
VII A Revolutionary Relic Hunt [94]
VIII Another Attempt at Collecting [109]
IX Polly’s Hunt in ’Jersey [127]
X Unexpected News From Pebbly Pit [151]
XI Polly’S First Contract [167]
XII The Parsippany Vendue [182]
XIII Tom Means Business [199]
XIV Necessary Explanations [213]
XV Mutual Consolation [231]
XVI Beaux or Business [250]
XVII Business [269]

POLLY’S BUSINESS VENTURE