Phoebe Daring
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Baum Lyman Frank. Phoebe Daring
CHAPTER I. HOW TOBY CLARK LOST HIS JOB
CHAPTER II. HOW MRS. RITCHIE DEMANDED HER PROPERTY
CHAPTER III. HOW THE DARINGS PLANNED
CHAPTER IV. HOW PHOEBE BECAME WORRIED
CHAPTER V. HOW PHOEBE INTERVIEWED THE LAWYER
CHAPTER VI. HOW TOBY CAME TO GRIEF
CHAPTER VII. HOW TOBY FOUND A FRIEND
CHAPTER VIII. HOW PHOEBE CONSPIRED
CHAPTER IX. HOW PHOEBE PLAYED DETECTIVE
CHAPTER X. HOW THE MARCHING CLUB WAS ORGANIZED
CHAPTER XI. HOW THE CLUB RECEIVED A DONATION
CHAPTER XII. HOW THE GOVERNOR ARRIVED
CHAPTER XIII. HOW TOBY SAW THE GREAT MAN
CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE CONSTABLE ARGUED HIS CASE
CHAPTER XV. HOW THE BAND PLAYED
CHAPTER XVI. HOW MRS. RITCHIE CHIDED HER LAWYER
CHAPTER XVII. HOW PHOEBE SURPRISED A SECRET
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW MR. SPAYTHE CONFESSED
CHAPTER XIX. HOW TOBY CLARK FACED RUIN
CHAPTER XX. HOW PHOEBE DEFENDED THE HELPLESS
CHAPTER XXI. HOW PHOEBE TELEGRAPHED THE GOVERNOR
CHAPTER XXII. HOW SAM PARSONS EXPLAINED
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW A WRONG LOOKED RIGHT
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW THE MYSTERY CLEARED
CHAPTER XXV. HOW TOBY WON HIS HERITAGE
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW PHOEBE’S CONSPIRACY TRIUMPHED
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Toby Clark was inexpressibly shocked when one morning he learned that his dear friend and patron had been found dead in his bed. At once the lame boy hobbled over to the Ferguson home, a comfortable house at the far end of Riverdale, to find Mrs. Ferguson prostrated with grief, and Janet, the only daughter, weeping miserably and rejecting all attempts to comfort her. So he crept back to town, mounted the stairs to the homely law offices over the post office and sat down to try to realize that the kindly face he loved would never brighten its dingy gray walls again.
All the morning and till past noon Toby sat in the silent place, where every object reflected the personality of his departed master, bemoaning his loss and living over in memory the happy days that were past. Early in the afternoon steps sounded on the stairs. A key turned in the outer door and Will Chandler, the postmaster, entered the office, accompanied by a stranger.
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“And this is Mrs. Ritchie, who employed the judge as her confidential business agent.”
“I am glad to know you, madam. Step into the hotel parlor, please. There we may converse with more comfort.”
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