Back at School with the Tucker Twins

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Speed Nell. Back at School with the Tucker Twins

CHAPTER I. THE GETAWAY

CHAPTER II. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

CHAPTER III. GRESHAM AGAIN

CHAPTER IV. RULES AND RESULTS

CHAPTER V. SOME LETTERS

CHAPTER VI. THE HALLOWE'EN PARTY

CHAPTER VII. WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST

CHAPTER VIII. INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE

CHAPTER IX. ECCLESIASTICAL POWER

CHAPTER X. VIRGINIA VERSUS CAROLINA

CHAPTER XI. THANKSGIVING DINNER

CHAPTER XII. THE BALL

CHAPTER XIII. NODS AND BECKS

CHAPTER XIV. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

CHAPTER XV. CHRISTMAS GUESTS

CHAPTER XVI. CHRISTMAS EVE AT BRACKEN

CHAPTER XVII. SANTA CLAUS

CHAPTER XVIII. CHRISTMAS FOR SALLY WINN

CHAPTER XIX. BACK IN THE TREAD-MILL

CHAPTER XX. THE FIRE DRILL

CHAPTER XXI. THE REALITY

CHAPTER XXII. IN MOTLEY RAIMENT

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"Tickets, please!" this from the Pullman conductor, a tall, soldierly looking person with a very grim mouth.

He punched all of us in sober silence. Harvie and Zebedee had not had time to buy Pullman seats, as they had been so taken up with the robing of Brindle. At the last minute Harvie had rushed to the ticket window and secured their tickets but they had to pay for their seats on the train. In making the change the conductor dropped some silver, and in stooping for it he and Zebedee bumped heads. Then the official was thrown by a lurching of the train against our precious baby's feet. This was too much for the patient Brindle and he emitted a low and ominous growl. The conductor looked much startled. We sat electrified. The ever tactful Dee arose to the occasion.

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Dee simply had to stop crying; in fact, she had stopped long before she felt that she should. She was forced to squeeze tears out to keep up the deception she had begun.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave,

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