d to waste
on a crowd."

Mr. Merrick was placed at the head of the table to make a speech. It was
brief and to the point.

"I promised these young ladies to give them time of their lives," he
said, "Did I do it, girls?"

And in a lively chorus they answered:

"You did, Uncle John!"

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This story is one of the delightful "Aunt Jane Series" in
which are chronicled the many interesting adventures in the
lives of those fascinating girls and dear old "Uncle John."
The other volumes can be bought wherever books are sold. A
complete list of titles, which is added to from time to
time, is given on page 2 of this book.

(Complete catalog sent free on request.)

Exhilarating Books for Girls of Today

The Flying Girl Series

_By_ EDITH VAN DYNE

_Author of "Aunt Jane's Nieces" Series_

Capital up-to-the-minute stories for girls and young people, in which
the author is at her very best. Thrilling and full of adventure, but of
that wholesome type parents are glad to put in the hands of their
daughters. Two titles:

[Illustration]

The Flying Girl

Orissa Kane, self-reliant and full of sparkling good nature, under-study
for her brother, prospective inventor and aviator whose experiments put
the Kane family into great difficulties, in the crisis proves
resourceful and plucky, and saves the day in a most thrilling manner.

The Flying Girl and Her Chum

This story takes Orissa and her friend Sybil through further adventures
that test these two clever girls to the limit. A remarkably well told
story.

_12mo. Bound in extra cloth with design stamping on cover
and fancy jacket. Printed on high grade paper. Illustrated
in black and white_.

_Price 60 cents each. Postage 12 cents_.

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Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago

The Captain Becky Series

_By_

MARGARET LOVE SANDERSON

Resourceful, self-reliant, sunny-natured Captain Becky will find many
friends among girl readers. The Captain Becky Series is a noteworthy
contribution to books for girls--distinctive and individual in every
detail, inside and out.

Two very much alive stories of a girl who makes things happen--who is a
_doer_. Whether she is on cruise on the picturesque Indian River in
Florida or in laughable masquerade among the old homesteads of New
Hampshire, her e