Patty's Fortune
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Wells Carolyn. Patty's Fortune
CHAPTER I. AN INVITATION
CHAPTER II. THE HOTEL
CHAPTER III. A MIDNIGHT MESSAGE
CHAPTER IV. BLUE ROCK LAKE
CHAPTER V. M’LLE FARINI!
CHAPTER VI. MAUDE’S CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER VII. THE FORTUNE TELLER
CHAPTER VIII. A RIDE TOGETHER
CHAPTER IX. THE “SHOWER”
CHAPTER X. GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART
CHAPTER XI. A BUBBLE BURST
CHAPTER XII. MIDDY
CHAPTER XIII. CHICK’S PLAN
CHAPTER XIV. A GREAT SUCCESS
CHAPTER XV. PATTY’S FUTURE
CHAPTER XVI. THE PROMISE
CHAPTER XVII. THE CRISIS
CHAPTER XVIII. PATTY’S FORTUNE
CHAPTER XIX. A DISTURBING LETTER
CHAPTER XX. BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE
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“This is a little like a real eloping, isn’t it?” and Bill gave Patty’s suitcase to a porter, whom they followed across the big Pennsylvania station in New York.
“A very little,” said Patty, shaking her head. “You see it lacks the thrill of a real out-and-out elopement, because people know about it. An elopement, to be any good, must be a secret. If ever I get married, I’m going to elope, that’s one thing certain!”
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The rooms were beautifully furnished, in good taste and harmonious colourings. The hotel had been planned on an elaborate scale, but for some reason, probably connected with the management, had not been successful in this, its first season; and in swinging a business deal of some big lumber tracts in that vicinity, it had fallen into Farnsworth’s hands. He had no intention of keeping it, but intended to sell it to advantage. But at present, it was his own property and he had conceived the whim of this large-sized picnic.
“Boom! Boom!” sounded Channing’s deep bass voice in the hall. “That’s the dressing-gong, people. Dinner in half an hour. No full dress tonight. Just a fresh blouse and a flower in your hair, girls.”
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