CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Unexpected Always Happens	[7]
II.	Mr. Stuart Confides a Secret	[16]
III.	Rocking Chair Adventures	[25]
IV.	A Cry for Help	[45]
V.	The Motor Cyclist	[52]
VI.	A Forest Scrimmage	[58]
VII.	A Night with the Gypsies	[76]
VIII.	The Haunted Pool	[83]
IX.	Ten Eyck Hall	[94]
X.	An Attic Mystery	[107]
XI.	José Has an Enemy	[117]
XII.	Nosegays and Tennis	[129]
XIII.	Cross Questions and Crooked Answers	[141]
XIV.	In the Deep Woods	[150]
XV.	The Hermit	[158]
XVI.	A Surprise	[168]
XVII.	Zerlina	[180]
XVIII.	The Masquerade	[189]
XIX.	A Recognition	[195]
XX.	The Fire Brigade	[203]
XXI.	Fighting the Fire	[210]
XXII.	Explanations	[220]
XXIII.	An Old Romance	[227]
XXIV.	Good-bye To Ten Eyck Hall	[235]
XXV.	Conclusion	[253]

The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson

CHAPTER I—THE UNEXPECTED ALWAYS HAPPENS

“I think I’d make a pretty good housemaid,” said Barbara, on her knees, energetically polishing the floor of the cottage parlor.

“Only housemaids don’t wear gloves and all-over aprons and mobcaps,” replied Mollie.