Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin

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Wayne Dorothy. Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin

Chapter I. THE ENCOUNTER

Chapter II “FAMILY AFFAIRS”

Chapter III. THE SLEEPWALKER

Chapter IV. MEET FLASH!

Chapter V. ON SECRET SERVICE

Chapter VI. WHO’S WHO?

Chapter VII. PLAYING A PART

Chapter VIII “WALK INTO MY PARLOR”

Chapter IX. IN THE NIGHT

Chapter X. SURPRISES

Chapter XI. GRETCHEN

Chapter XII. TESTS

Chapter XIII. WINNITE

Chapter XIV. PROFESSOR

Chapter XV. TEA AND ORDERS

Chapter XVI. CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Chapter XVII. PROFESSOR MAKES GOOD

Chapter XVIII. THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

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“Just – one – moment, please!” Ashton Sanborn’s keen blue eyes twinkled as he surveyed his young guests. His heavy-set body moved with a muscular grace as he placed a chair for Dorothy and motioned the two boys to seats on a divan nearby. “Now then, Dorothy and Bill – I want you two chatterboxes to keep quiet while I ask Mr. Bright some questions and get this matter straight in my own head. Your turn to talk will come later.” His quizzical smile robbed the words of any harshness, and the culprits grinned and nodded their willingness to comply with his request.

“Mr. Bright,” he went on, “if you’ll just answer my questions for the present, I’ll get you to tell the story from the beginning in a few minutes.”

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“Oh, I don’t mind,” grinned Howard, and Dorothy immediately put him down as a good sport. “Well, to go on with it – we used to meet in the lobby, go for walks and bus rides, sometimes to the movies or a matinee. Two weeks ago, Janet, who is just eighteen, by the way, said she would marry me. She seemed to have no friends in New York. I’ve seen her father, but never met him. Except for this horrible business, which came up a few days ago, all that I know about Janet is that her mother died when she was five, her father parked her at a boarding-school near Chicago, and she stayed there until last June when she graduated. Her summer holidays were spent at a girls’ camp in Wisconsin. She was never allowed to visit the homes of the other girls, so Christmas and Easter holidays she stayed in the school. During her entire schooling, she saw her father only five times. Last summer he took her abroad with him. They travelled in Germany and in Russia, I believe.”

“Gosh, what a life for a girl!” exploded Bill.

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