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Title: Polly and Eleanor

Author: Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Illustrator: H. S. Barbour

Release Date: May 11, 2008 [EBook #25419]

Language: English

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[Illustration: POLLY AND ANNE FOLLOWED THE GUIDE.

_Polly and Eleanor._ _Frontispiece--(Page 21)_]

POLLY AND ELEANOR

BY

LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY

_Author of_

POLLY OF PEBBLY PIT, POLLY IN NEW YORK, POLLY AND HER FRIENDS ABROAD,
POLLY'S BUSINESS VENTURE.

ILLUSTRATED BY
H. S. BARBOUR

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I ANOTHER TRIP TO TOP NOTCH 1

II THE CLAIM-JUMPERS 22

III AT CHOKO'S FIND 38

IV JOHN AND HIS FRIEND ARRIVE 55

V POLLY AND ELEANOR VISIT THE BEAVERS 81

VI THE GIRLS ENTERTAIN GUESTS 99

VII SEVERAL MOMENTOUS LETTERS 122

VIII POLLY-ELEANOR COMPANY, INC. 143

IX JEB'S SUNDAY NIGHT OFF 162

X A TRIP TO BUFFALO PARK 181

XI A WILD-WEST COUNTY FAIR 195

XII NOLLA'S PLANS DEVELOP 208

XIII RIGGLEY & RATZGER OF NEW YORK 226

XIV THE VICTORY 247

XV COMINGS AND GOINGS 262

XVI POLLY AND ELEANOR START OUT 275

POLLY AND ELEANOR

CHAPTER I

ANOTHER TRIP TO TOP NOTCH

Six intensely interested individuals sat about the supper-table in the
living room at Pebbly Pit Ranch-house, the evening of the day they rode
to Oak Creek to file the claim on the gold mine. Sary, the
maid-of-all-work, had the supper ready for the weary riders when they
returned from their trip.

Having served the dessert, Sary went out t