62
X. A MIDNIGHT FEAST 69
XI. A DANGEROUS PLOT 76
XII. ALMOST A DISASTER 85
XIII. THE WILY STRANGER 94
XIV. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 104
XV. WE'RE OFF! 114
XVI. FUN AND NONSENSE 123
XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS MEN 131
XVIII. A STARTLING REVELATION 138
XIX. AN ATTEMPTED THEFT 147
XX. THOSE MEN AGAIN 156
XXI. THE BEGINNING OF ROMANCE 165
XXII. PALM BEACH AT LAST 173
XXIII. A TROPICAL PARADISE 181
XXIV. NAN IS FRIGHTENED 188
XXV. MOONLIGHT 198
XXVI. WORTH A FORTUNE 208
XXVII. WALTER TO THE RESCUE 217
XXVIII. CAUGHT 228
XXIX. "WHEN THE SPIRIT MOVES" 237

ILLUSTRATIONS

The music carried them far away on the golden wings of melody
(Page 190) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

The three girls bent eagerly over Mrs. Bragley as she opened one
paper after another 66
Nan's eyes were following the figures of two men strolling down
the deck 140
He pushed Nan from him with such force that she stumbled and
fell 216

NAN SHERWOOD
AT PALM BEACH

CHAPTER I

THE CRASH ON THE HILL

"Smooth as glass!" ejaculated Nan Sherwood, as she came in sight of
Pendragon Hill and noted the gleaming stretch of snow and ice that ran
down to the very edge of Lake Huron.

"And you're the girl that said coasting time would never, _never_ come,"
laughed her chum, Bess Harley, who was walking beside her with her hand
on a rope