SIX GIRLS AND BOB
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BOOKS BY MARION AMES TAGGART
THE SIX GIRLS SERIES
SIX GIRLS AND BOB. A Story of Patty-Pans and Green Fields. 330 pages.
SIX GIRLS AND THE TEA ROOM. A Story. 316 pages.
SIX GIRLS GROWING OLDER. A Story. 331 Pages.
SIX GIRLS AND THE SEVENTH ONE. A Story. 358 pages.
BETTY GASTON, THE SEVENTH GIRL. A Story. 352 pages.
SIX GIRLS AND BETTY. A Story. 320 pages.
SIX GIRLS GROWN UP. A Story. 343 pages.
These volumes are attractively illustrated and bound uniformly. Price, $1.50 each.
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"THIS SUNNY LITTLE MAIDEN WAS BENDING ABSORBED OVER THEGAS RANGE"]
SIX GIRLS AND BOB
A Story of Patty-Pans and Green Fields
by
MARION AMES TAGGART
Author of "The Little Grey House," "TheWyndham Girls," "Miss Lochinvar," etc.
Illustrated by William F. Stecher
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W. A. Wilde CompanyBoston Chicago
Copyright, 1906By W. A. Wilde Company
All rights reserved
SIX GIRLS AND BOB
_To Gertrude In Loving Remembrance_
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE FOURTH FLOOR, EAST 11
II. FIRE, AND OTHER ESCAPES 27
III. KEREN-HAPPUCH, THE FIRST 43
IV. AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE 58
V. TAKING POSSESSION 75
VI. MAKING THE BEST OF IT 91
VII. THE DOVE'S ALIGHTING 105
VIII. GRETTA 121
IX. JUNE'S PERFECT DAYS 135
X. HAPPIE'S TEMPTATION 151
XI. HAPPIE'S CHOICE 167
XII. LAURA'S PHILANTHROPY 184
XIII. HUMILITY, CALVES AND GINGER POP 202
XIV. AN ARK ADRIFT? 217
XV. THE PROMISE OF THE GREEN BRANCH 234
XVI. A PRANK---- 251
XVII. AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 267
XVIII. THE BITTENBENDER TRUNK 282
XIX. DISPOSSESSION AND POSSESSION 298
XX. AT THE SUBSIDENCE OF THE WATERS 315
ILLUSTRATIONS
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"THIS SUNNY LITTLE MAIDEN WAS BENDING ABSORBED OVER THE GAS RANGE" _Frontispiece_ 14
"'HOW DO YOU DO, MARGERY?'" 51
"'CAN'T YOU EVER COME TO SEE ME?'" 129
"HE FOLLOWED LAURA TO THE FRONT DOOR" 191
"THE GIRLS CROWDED AROUND TO SEE WHAT WAS REVEALED" 290
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