The Corner House Girls on a Tour / Where they went, what they saw, and what they found

by Grace Brooks Hill

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	A Red Letter Day Indeed	[9]
II	What Mrs. Heard Heard	[22]
III	What Mrs. Heard Told	[34]
IV	Saleratus Joe	[43]
V	Dot’s Awful Adventure	[53]
VI	The Big Tour Is Planned	[64]
VII	What Sammy Did	[72]
VIII	Reforming a “Pirate”	[86]
IX	A Wayside Bivouac	[91]
X	The Passing Automobile	[99]
XI	An Adventure Begins	[110]
XII	Seeking	[121]
XIII	The Green and Orange Petticoat	[132]
XIV	With the Romany Folk	[143]
XV	Another Clue	[151]
XVI	Searching the Barn	[161]
XVII	One Thing After Another	[171]
XVIII	A Very Annoying Situation	[179]
XIX	The Tin Badge of the Law	[188]
XX	Excitement	[197]
XXI	The Unexpected Happens	[209]
XXII	Sammy Investigates	[222]
XXIII	Roughing It	[230]
XXIV	Something Really Exciting	[240]
XXV	Welcome Home	[248]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The six-foot rattler had coiled to strike again	[Frontispiece]
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From the apex of these when they were set up, the kettle was hung	[93]
“You leetle ’Merican girls come wit’ me”	[144]
“Oh, do help Sammy!” begged Tess, with clasped hands	[214]

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR

CHAPTER I—A RED LETTER DAY INDEED

There was a deal of bustle and a twittering like an eager flock of sparrows in the big kitchen of the old Corner House, which stood facing Main Street in Milton, but with its long side and rear yard and garden running far back on Willow Street.