[I “Left High and Dry”]
[II Uncle Peter’s Will]
[III The Old Corner House]
[IV Getting Settled]
[V Getting Acquainted]
[VI Uncle Rufus]
[VII Their Circle of Interest Widens]
[VIII The Cat that Went Back]
[IX The Vanishing Kittens]
[X Ruth Sees Something]
[XI In the Garret]
[XII Mrs. Kranz Comes to Call]
[XIII The Maronis]
[XIV Five Cents’ Worth of Peppermints]
[XV “A Dish of Gossip”]
[XVI More Mysteries]
[XVII “Mrs. Trouble”]
[XVIII Ruth Does what She Thinks is Right]
[XIX “Double Trouble”]
[XX Mr. Howbridge is Perplexed]
[XXI The Corner House Girls Win Public Approval]
[XXII Callers—and the Ghost]
[XXIII Not Entirely Explained]
[XXIV Aunt Sarah Speaks Out]
[XXV Laying the Ghost]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Finding the will. In a moment the panel dropped down, leaving in view a very narrow depository for papers

She forgot her kittens and everything else, and scrambled up the tree for dear life

“Looker yere! Looker yere! Missie Ruth! There’s dem dried apples, buried in de groun’”

Up came Tommy again, his eyes open, gurgling a cry, and fighting to keep above the surface

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS

[CHAPTER I—“LEFT HIGH AND DRY”]