The Corner House Girls
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Hill Grace Brooks. The Corner House Girls
CHAPTER I – “LEFT HIGH AND DRY”
CHAPTER II – UNCLE PETER’S WILL
CHAPTER III – THE OLD CORNER HOUSE
CHAPTER IV – GETTING SETTLED
CHAPTER V – GETTING ACQUAINTED
CHAPTER VI – UNCLE RUFUS
CHAPTER VII – THEIR CIRCLE OF INTEREST WIDENS
CHAPTER VIII – THE CAT THAT WENT BACK
CHAPTER IX – THE VANISHING KITTENS
CHAPTER X – RUTH SEES SOMETHING
CHAPTER XI – IN THE GARRET
CHAPTER XII – MRS. KRANZ COMES TO CALL
CHAPTER XIII – THE MARONIS
CHAPTER XIV – FIVE CENTS’ WORTH OF PEPPERMINTS
CHAPTER XV – “A DISH OF GOSSIP”
CHAPTER XVI – MORE MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XVII – “MRS. TROUBLE”
CHAPTER XVIII – RUTH DOES WHAT SHE THINKS IS RIGHT
CHAPTER XIX – “DOUBLE TROUBLE”
CHAPTER XX – MR. HOWBRIDGE IS PERPLEXED
CHAPTER XXI – THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS WIN PUBLIC APPROVAL
CHAPTER XXII – CALLERS – AND THE GHOST
CHAPTER XXIII – NOT ENTIRELY EXPLAINED
CHAPTER XXIV – AUNT SARAH SPEAKS OUT
CHAPTER XXV – LAYING THE GHOST
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Tess and Dot were greatly excited. As they climbed up the long and semi-dark flights to the little flat at the top of the house, they clung tightly to each other’s hands and stared, round-eyed, at each other on the landings.
Behind them labored the tall, gray gentleman. They could hear him puffing heavily on the last flight.
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“Yes,” said Mr. Howbridge. “I understand that the elder Mr. Stower died intestate – without making a will, my dear,” he added, speaking again to Ruth. “If he ever expressed his intention of remembering your Aunt Sarah with a legacy, Mr. Peter Stower did not consider it mandatory upon him.”
“But of course Uncle Peter has remembered Aunt Sarah in his will?” questioned the dazed Ruth.
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