The Camp Fire Girls' Careers
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Vandercook Margaret. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers
CHAPTER I – Success or Failure
CHAPTER II – “Belinda”
CHAPTER III – Friends and Enemies
CHAPTER IV – Farewell!
CHAPTER V – Other Girls
CHAPTER VI – The Fire-Maker’s Desire
CHAPTER VII – “The Flames in the Wind”
CHAPTER VIII – Afternoon Tea and a Mystery
CHAPTER IX – Preparations
CHAPTER X – More Puzzles
CHAPTER XI – A Christmas Song and Recognition
CHAPTER XII – After Her Fashion Polly Explains
CHAPTER XIII – A Place of Memories
CHAPTER XIV – A Sudden Summons
CHAPTER XV – “Little Old New York”
CHAPTER XVI – “Moira”
CHAPTER XVII – A Reunion
CHAPTER XVIII – Home Again
CHAPTER XIX – Illusions Swept Away
CHAPTER XX – Two Engagements
CHAPTER XXI – At the Turn of the Road
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It was twenty-five minutes past eight o’clock and at half-past eight the curtain was to rise on the first performance of A Woman’s Wit, written especially for Margaret Adams. And because of her popularity and that of her leading man, the house had been sold out weeks in advance.
The action of the play was to take place in a small town in Colorado, where a man and his wife were both endeavoring to be elected to the office of Mayor. Polly was to play the part of a clever little shop-girl, whom the heroine had brought into her home, supposedly as a parlor maid. But in reality the girl was to do all that was in her power to assist her mistress in gaining a victory over her husband. She was to watch his movements and to suggest any schemes that she might devise for their success.
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His cue had been called and Miss Adams was already on the stage. In a quarter of an hour when Belinda was summoned by her mistress, he would know whether or not Polly had feigned illness or whether she had kept her threat and ignominiously run away.
The moment came. A door swung abruptly forward at the rear of the stage and through it a girl entered swiftly. She was dressed in a tight-fitting gray frock with black silk stockings and slippers. There was a tiny white cap on her head and she wore a small fluted apron. She looked very young, very clever and graceful. And it was Polly O’Neill, and Polly at her best!
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