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Title: Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall

Author: Jean K. Baird

Illustrator: R. G. Vosburgh

Release Date: August 10, 2008 [EBook #26258]

Language: English

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ELIZABETH HOBART AT EXETER HALL

BY
JEAN K. BAIRD,

Author Of
"Danny," "Cash Three," "The Honor Girl," Etc., Etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY R. G. VOSBURGH

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
New York--Akron, Ohio--Chicago

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COPYRIGHT, 1907
By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Preparations for School. 7
II. The Journey. 25
III. The Dinner Episode. 55
IV. The Reception. 81
V. A Box From Home. 113
VI. How "Smiles" Was Scalped. 143
VII. Defying the Powers. 167
VIII. Midnight Confidences. 199
IX. Joe's Message. 227
X. Clouds and Gathering Storms. 249
XI. The Proud, Humbled. 273
XII. The Seniors Outwitted. 299
XIII. Imprisonment. 323
XIV. Retaliation. 339
XV. Victory. 361

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ELIZABETH HOBART AT
EXETER HALL.

CHAPTER I.

PREPARATIONS FOR SCHOOL.

Bitumen was what its name suggested. There was soft coal and smoke
everywhere. Each day the clothes on the line were flecked with black. The
buildings had the dull, dingy look which soot alone can give. The houses
sagged on either side of narrow, unpaved streets, where during a rainy
period ducks clattered