CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.[THE PATTY-PANS AGAIN] 11
CHAPTER II.["PLEASED TO MEET YOU"] 26
CHAPTER III.[THE CUP THAT CHEERS] 41
CHAPTER IV.[CHRISTMAS, AND AN INVITATION] 54
CHAPTER V.["THE HANDSOME MISS ANGELA KEY-STONE"] 69
CHAPTER VI.[UP-STAIRS AND DOWN-STAIRS] 85
CHAPTER VII.[AN OPEN DOOR] 99
CHAPTER VIII.[HARD TRAVELING]115
CHAPTER IX.[AN UNPREJUDICED VIEW]130
CHAPTER X.["SEEING IS BELIEVING"]145
CHAPTER XI.[THE ELASTIC PATTY-PANS]161
CHAPTER XII.[THE TWO KEREN-HAPPUCHS]176
CHAPTER XIII.[A HINT OF SPRING]193
CHAPTER XIV.[LITTLE SERENA]207
CHAPTER XV.["'MONGST THE HILLS OF SOMERSET, WISHT I WAS A-ROAMIN' YET!"]224
CHAPTER XVI.[HAPPIE GRANTS AMNESTY]240
CHAPTER XVII.[JONES-DEXTER PRIDE]256
CHAPTER XVIII.[A SIEGESLIED]272
CHAPTER XIX.[PATTY-PANS NO MORE]288
CHAPTER XX.[EAST AND WEST]304

ILLUSTRATIONS

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["THERE WERE EXCITING DAYS, TIRESOME TOO" Frontispiece] 36
["THE TEA ROOM ... BECAME A STERN FACT"] 54
["MR. FELTON CAME OUT OF HIS SANCTUM"]127
["SHE JUMPED UP, STRAIGHTENED HER TWISTED GARMENTS...."]185
["BOB, GRETTA AND DON DOLOR BROKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SNOW"]261

SIX GIRLS AND THE TEA ROOM

CHAPTER I
THE PATTY-PANS AGAIN

"Is this the Patty-Pans?" asked Gretta, setting down the basket that held Jeunesse Dorée, the yellow kitten, and looking around the little dining-room with great interest. And she asked it with her voice up on "Patty," and down on "Pans," because she was a true Pennsylvania country girl.