Copyright, 1909, by
Cupples & Leon Company
Dorothy Dale’s Great Secret
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I. An Automobile Ride] 1 [II. Tavia Has Plans] 17 [III. A Cup of Tea] 28 [IV. The Apparition] 39 [V. An Untimely Letter] 47 [VI. On the Lawn] 55 [VII. At Sunset Lake] 63 [VIII. A Lively Afternoon] 72 [IX. Dorothy and Tavia] 79 [X. Leaving Glenwood] 88 [XI. A Jolly Home-Coming] 96 [XII. Dorothy is Worried] 109 [XIII. Little Urania] 118 [XIV. The Runaway] 129 [XV. A Spell of the "Glumps"] 139 [XVI. Dorothy in Buffalo] 147 [XVII. At the Play] 161 [XVIII. Behind the Scenes] 172 [XIX. The Clue] 183 [XX. Dorothy and the Manager] 195 [XXI. Adrift in a Strange City] 205 [XXII. In Dire Distress] 211 [XXIII. The Secret—Conclusion] 231
DOROTHY DALE’S GREAT SECRET
CHAPTER I
AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE
“There is one thing perfectly delightful about boarding schools,” declared Tavia, “when the term closes we can go away, and leave it in another world. Now, at Dalton, we would have to see the old schoolhouse every time we went to Daly’s for a pound of butter, a loaf of bread—and oh, yes! I almost forgot! Mom said we could get some bologna. Whew! Don’t your mouth water, Dorothy? We always did get good bologna at Daly’s!”
“Bologna!” echoed Dorothy. “As if the young ladies of Glenwood School would disgrace their appetites with such vulgar fare!”
At this she snatched up an empty cracker box, almost devouring its parifine paper, in hopes of finding a few more crumbs, although Tavia had poured the last morsels of the wafers down her own throat the night before this conversation took place. Yes, Tavia had even made a funnel of the paper and “took” the powdered biscuits as doctors administer headache remedies.
“All the same,” went on Tavia, “I distinctly remember that you had a longing for the skin of my sausage, along with the end piece, which you always claimed for your own share.”