Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier

by L. Frank Baum; Emma Speed Sampson

Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Mary Louise Considers the Situation	[7]
II	Back Home	[13]
III	Danny Dexter	[23]
IV	Danny Changes His Uniform	[30]
V	Dorfield Girls	[39]
VI	A Mysterious Disappearance	[47]
VII	A Telegram	[56]
VIII	The Arrival of Josie O’Gorman	[62]
IX	The Man from Boston	[71]
X	Mary Louise Makes a Discovery	[79]
XI	The Empty Room	[87]
XII	Danny Disappears	[95]
XIII	Face to Face	[102]
XIV	The Search	[111]
XV	A Journey Begun	[117]
XVI	Aunt Sally Entertains	[124]
XVII	The Birthday Breakfast	[129]
XVIII	The Motor Trip	[136]
XIX	The Escape	[145]
XX	The Desert Bungalow	[150]
XXI	A Nest of Conspirators	[155]
XXII	The Cave	[167]
XXIII	The Ride at Night	[174]
XXIV	Mary Louise Loses Her Slipper	[181]
XXV	A Successful Ruse	[187]
XXVI	A Good Night’s Work	[196]
XXVII	On the Balcony	[217]

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Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier

CHAPTER I
MARY LOUISE CONSIDERS THE SITUATION

“Grandpa Jim,” said Mary Louise one May morning as they sat together at the breakfast table, “I see the Dorfield Regiment is due to arrive home to-day or to-morrow.”

“So I see,” replied the old Colonel, “if we may rightly call it the ‘Dorfield’ Regiment. The newspapers don’t mention the fact, but it takes in the whole surrounding country, because there were not enough Dorfield boys to fill the ranks completely and so we took all who applied. I’m afraid you’ll find many unfamiliar faces among the ranks.”