Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Nora's twin sister

“And Tommy began to run, and he ran and ran till he came to the top of the kitchen stairs, and then he tripped, and went bump, bump, all the way down to the bottom. And then he gave an awful scream, and sat up, and where do you think he found himself? Right in his own bed, wit...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I

“And Tommy began to run, and he ran and ran till he came to the top of the kitchen stairs, and then he tripped, and went bump, bump, all the way down to the bottom. And then he...

2. CHAPTER II

Nora had been in bed and asleep for more than two hours, when she was aroused by the sound of her mother’s latch-key in the door. She was very sleepy, and only opened her eyes t...

3. CHAPTER III

“I really think, Miss Kathleen, that you are, without exception, the most discontented child I have ever seen. The idea of a big girl of twelve years old, complaining and making...

4. CHAPTER IV

“It is true; it is true,” maintained Nora. “Of course you don’t believe it; I don’t see how you possibly could believe it just at first. I was almost as much surprised when Moth...

5. CHAPTER V

It was a lovely April afternoon, and school was out for the day. Down the steps of the big school building was pouring a stream of little girls--little girls of all ages and all...

6. CHAPTER VI

With a long sigh, Nora sank back in the corner of the big limousine, and tried to think she wasn’t frightened. Her heart was beating in big thumps, and she was conscious of the...

7. CHAPTER VII

Nora opened her eyes, and sat up. For the first moment she could not remember where she was, and stared about the unfamiliar room in bewilderment. Then it all came back in a rus...

8. CHAPTER VIII

When Kathleen awoke that morning in her strange surroundings, it was with somewhat mixed sensations. She lay, with eyes still half closed, recalling the events of the previous e...

9. CHAPTER IX

“I mustn’t tell, oh, I mustn’t tell! If they find out it will get Mummy into dreadful trouble.” That was what Nora had been telling herself over and over again for the past five...

10. CHAPTER X

It was Monday morning, and the little steamer was just entering Bermuda Harbor. Most of the seasick passengers had recovered, and were beginning to appear on deck for the first...

11. CHAPTER XI

Luncheon was over--a wonderful luncheon, at which Nora had been treated to so many strange, new dishes, that she began to feel more strongly than ever that she must be living in...

12. CHAPTER XII

“I really think Bermuda is a rather jolly place, after all,” Reggie Starr spoke in a tone of satisfaction, as he stretched himself comfortably on the warm sand of the South Beac...

13. CHAPTER XIII

It was Wednesday morning, and the little Bermuda steamer had sailed away on her voyage back to New York, carrying a goodly number of passengers, and several bags of mail. From t...

14. CHAPTER XIV

For five days Nora had been a prisoner in her room--five long, bright, interminable days. Through the open windows she had heard the sounds of voices and laughter; she had even...

15. CHAPTER XV

It was after luncheon, and the two Campbells and Reggie were on the hotel piazza, eagerly discussing the events of the morning. They were not the only excited group who were dis...

16. CHAPTER XVI

The little Bermuda steamer was rapidly making her way towards New York. Already the New Jersey shore was in sight, and in another hour Sandy Hook would be reached. The voyage ha...