"I--I guess so," agreed the smallest Corner House girl slowly. "But just the same, Sammy Pinkney, I'm never going to run off to be pirates with you again. Ruthie says it isn't ladylike," she finished with an air of "be it ever so painful, ladylike I must be."

"Humph!" sniffed Sammy, "you won't get another chance. I ain't going to take any girl pirating when I go again. I don't want girls on a pirate ship."

"Oh, Sammy!" said Dot, "you sound just like that Mr. Neighbor Northrup.

You know, Mr. Luke's friend. The misogynist."

"Huh!" grunted Sammy, scowling.

"But--but," Tess questioned softly, "Mr. Northrup's cured of that disease, isn't he?"

THE END

CHARMING STORIES FOR GIRLS

The Corner House Girls Series

By GRACE BROOKS HILL

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Four girls from eight to fourteen years of age receive word that a rich bachelor uncle has died, leaving them the old Corner House he occupied.

They move into it and then the fun begins. What they find and do will provoke many a hearty laugh. Later, they enter school and make many friends. One of these invites the girls to spend a few weeks at a bungalow owned by her parents, and the adventures they meet with make very interesting reading. Clean, wholesome stories of humor and adventure, sure to appeal to all young girls.

1 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS.

2 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AT SCHOOL.

3 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS.

4 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS IN A PLAY.

5 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS' ODD FIND.

6 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR.

7 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP.

8 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS s...o...b..UND.

9 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A HOUSEBOAT.

10 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AMONG THE GYPSIES.

11 CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON PALM ISLAND.

12 THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS SOLVE A MYSTERY.

"THE POLLY" SERIES

By DOROTHY WHITEHILL

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Polly Pendleton is a resourceful, wide-awake American girl who goes to a boarding school on the Hudson River some miles above New York. By her pluck and resourcefulness, she soon makes a place for herself and this she holds right through the course. The account of boarding school life is faithful and pleasing and will attract every girl in her teens.

Cloth, large 12 mo. Ill.u.s.trated

1 POLLY'S FIRST YEAR AT BOARDING SCHOOL 2 POLLY'S SUMMER VACATION 3 POLLY'S SENIOR YEAR AT BOARDING SCHOOL 4 POLLY SEES THE WORLD AT WAR 5 POLLY AND LOIS 6 POLLY AND BOB 7 POLLY'S RE-UNION 8 POLLY'S POLLY

Ba.r.s.e & HOPKINS Publishers New York, N. Y.

Newark, N. J.