Chapter 12
Rachael is called upon to solve many problems, and is working out these, there is shown the beauty and strength of soul of one of fiction's most appealing characters.
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"K." Illustrated.
K. LeMoyne, famous surgeon, drops out of the world that has known him, and goes to live in a little town where beautiful Sidney Page lives. She is in training to become a nurse. The joys and troubles of their young love are told with that keen and sympathetic appreciation which has made the author famous.
THE MAN IN LOWER TEN.
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An absorbing detective story woven around the mysterious death of the "Man in Lower Ten." The strongest elements of Mrs. Rinehart's success are found in this book.
WHEN A MAN MARRIES.
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A young artist, whose wife had recently divorced him; finds that his aunt is soon to visit him. The aunt, who contributes to the family income and who has never seen the wife, knows nothing of the domestic upheaval. How the young man met the situation is humorously and most entertainingly told.
THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE. Illus. by Lester Ralph
The summer occupants of "Sunnyside" find the dead body of Arnold Armstrong, the son of the owner, on the circular staircase. Following the murder a bank failure is announced. Around these two events is woven a plot of absorbing interest.
THE STREET OF SEVEN STARS.
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Harmony Wells, studying in Vienna to be a great violinist, suddenly realizes that her money is almost gone. She meets a young ambitious doctor who offers her chivalry and sympathy, and together with world-worn Dr. Anna and Jimmie, the waif, they share their love and slender means.
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SIDE-STEPPING WITH SHORTY.
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SHORTY McCABE ON THE JOB.
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SHORTY McCABE'S ODD NUMBERS
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TORCHY. Illus. by Geo. Biehm and Jas. Montgomery Flagg.
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TRYING OUT TORCHY. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.
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ON WITH TORCHY. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.
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TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.
Torchy rises from the position of office boy to that of secretary for the Corrugated Iron Company. The story is full of humor and infectious American slang.
WILT THOU TORCHY. Illus. by F. Snapp and A.W. Brown.
Torchy goes on a treasure search expedition to the Florida West Coast, in company with a group of friends of the Corrugated Trust and with his friend's aunt, on which trip Torchy wins the aunt's permission to place an engagement ring on Vee's finger.
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JEWEL: A Chapter in Her Life.
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A story breathing the doctrine of love and patience as exemplified in the life of a child. Jewel will never grow old because of the immortality of her love.
JEWEL'S STORY BOOK. Illustrated by Albert Schmitt.
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THE INNER FLAME. Frontispiece in color.
A young mining engineer, whose chief ambition is to become an artist, but who has no friends with whom to realize his hopes, has a way opened to him to try his powers, and, of course, he is successful.
THE RIGHT PRINCESS.
At a fashionable Long Island resort, a stately English woman employs a forcible New England housekeeper to serve in her interesting home. Many humorous situations result. A delightful love affair runs through it all.
THE OPENED SHUTTERS.
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A beautiful woman, at discord with life, is brought to realize, by her new friends, that she may open the shutters of her soul to the blessed sunlight of joy by casting aside self love.
THE RIGHT TRACK.
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A story of a young girl who marries for money so that she can enjoy things intellectual. Neglect of her husband and of her two step children makes an unhappy home till a friend brings a new philosophy of happiness into the household.
CLEVER BETSY. Illustrated by Rose O'Neill.
The "Clever Betsy" was a boat--named for the unyielding spinster whom the captain hoped to marry. Through the two Betsy's a delightful group of people are introduced.
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HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT.
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THE LURE OF THE DIM TRAILS.
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THE LONESOME TRAIL.
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GOOD INDIAN.
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FLYING U RANCH.
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THE FLYING U'S LAST STAND.
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THE PHANTOM HERD.
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THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX.
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THE GRINGOS.
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STARR OF THE DESERT.
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THE INSIDE OF THE CUP. Illustrated by Howard Giles.
The Reverend John Hodder is called to a fashionable church in a middle-western city. He knows little of modern problems and in his theology is as orthodox as the rich men who control his church could desire. But the facts of modern life are thrust upon him; an awakening follows and in the end he works out a solution.
A FAR COUNTRY. Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer.
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A MODERN CHRONICLE. Illustrated by J.H. Gardner Soper.
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MR. CREWE'S CAREER. Illus. by A.I. Keller and Kinneys.
A new England state is under the political domination of a railway and Mr. Crewe, a millionaire, seizes a moment when the cause of the people is being espoused by an ardent young attorney, to further his own interest in a political way. The daughter of the railway president plays no small part in the situation.
THE CROSSING. Illustrated by S. Adamson and L. Baylis.
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CONISTON. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn.
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THE CELEBRITY. An episode.
An inimitable bit of comedy describing an interchange of personalities between a celebrated author and a bicycle salesman. It is the purest, keenest fun--and is American to the core.
THE CRISIS. Illustrated with scenes from the Photo-Play.
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RICHARD CARVEL. Illustrated by Malcolm Frazer.
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THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE.
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THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME
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"Chad," the "little shepherd" did not know who he was nor whence he came--he had just wandered from door to door since early childhood, seeking shelter with kindly mountaineers who gladly fathered and mothered this waif about whom there was such a mystery--a charming waif, by the way, who could play the banjo better that anyone else in the mountains.
A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND.
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PENROD. Illustrated by Gordon Grant.
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PENROD AND SAM. Illustrated by Worth Brehm.
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THE TURMOIL. Illustrated by C.E. Chambers.
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MAVERICKS.
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A TEXAS RANGER.
How a member of the most dauntless border police force carried law into the mesquit, saved the life of an innocent man after a series of thrilling adventures, followed a fugitive to Wyoming, and then passed through deadly peril to ultimate happiness.
WYOMING.
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RIDGWAY OF MONTANA.
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BUCKY O'CONNOR.
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CROOKED TRAILS AND STRAIGHT.
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BRAND BLOTTERS.
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