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Title: Aunt Jane's Nieces

Author: Edith Van Dyne

Release Date: November 18, 2003 [eBook #10123]

Language: English

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AUNT JANE'S NIECES

By

EDITH VAN DYNE

1906

A LIST OF CHAPTERS

CHAPTER

I BETH RECEIVES AN INVITATION
II MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
III PATSY
IV LOUISE MAKES A DISCOVERY
V AUNT JANE
VI THE BOY
VII THE FIRST WARNING
VIII THE DIPLOMAT
IX COUSINS
X THE MAN WITH THE BUNDLE
XI THE MAD GARDENER
XII UNCLE JOHN GETS ACQUAINTED
XIII THE OTHER NIECE
XIV KENNETH IS FRIGHTENED
XV PATSY MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT
XVI GOOD RESULTS
XVII AUNT JANE'S HEIRESS
XVIII PATRICIA SPEAKS FRANKLY
XIX DUPLICITY
XX IN THE GARDEN
XXI READING THE WILL
XXII JAMES TELLS A STRANGE STORY
XXIII PATSY ADOPTS AN UNCLE
XXIV HOME AGAIN
XXV UNCLE JOHN ACTS QUEERLY
XXVI A BUNCH OF KEYS
XXVII LOUISE MAKES A DISCOVERY
XXVIII PATSY LOSES HER JOB
XXIX THE MAJOR DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION

CHAPTER I.

BETH RECEIVES AN INVITATION.

Professor De Graf was sorting the mail at the breakfast table.

"Here's a letter for you, Beth," said he, and tossed it across the
cloth to where his daughter sat.

The girl raised her eyebrows, expressing surprise. It was something
unusual for her to receive a letter. She picked up the square envelope
between a finger and thumb and carefully read the inscription, "Miss
Elizabeth De Graf, Cloverton, Ohio." Turning the envelope she found on
the reverse flap a curious armorial emblem, with the word "Elmhurst."

Then she glanced at her father, her eyes big and somewhat startled
in expression. The Professor was deeply engrossed in a letter from
Benjamin Lowenstein which declared that a certain note must be paid at
maturity. His weak, watery blue eyes stared rather bl