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Title: Janice Day at Poketown

Author: Helen Beecher Long

Release Date: November 1, 2007 [eBook #23278]

Language: English

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JANICE DAY AT POKETOWN

by

HELEN BEECHER LONG

Author of "The Testing of Janice Day,"
"How Janice Day Won,"
"The Mission of Janice Day," Etc.

Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers

The Goldsmith Publishing Co.
Cleveland

Copyright, 1914, by
Sully & Kleinteich

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL
II. POKETOWN
III. "IT JEST RATTLES"
IV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
V. 'RILL SCATTERGOOD AND HER SCHOOL
VI. AN AFTERNOON OF ADVENTURE
VII. THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOST THE ECHO
VIII. A BIT OF ROMANCE
IX. TEA AND A TALK WITH DADDY
X. BEGINNING WITH A BEDSTEAD
XI. A RAINY DAY
XII. ON THE ROAD WITH WALKY DEXTER
XIII. NELSON HALEY
XIV. A TIME OF TRIAL
XV. NEW BEGINNINGS
XVI. "SHOWING" THE ELDER
XVII. CHRISTMAS NEWS
XVIII. "THE FLY-BY-NIGHT"
XIX. CHRISTMAS, AFTER ALL!
XX. THE TROUBLE WITH NELSON HALEY
XXI. A STIR OF NEW LIFE IN POKETOWN
XXII. AT THE SUGAR CAMP
XXIII. "DO YOU MEAN THAT?"
XXIV. THE SCHOOL DEDICATION
XXV. THROUGH THE SECOND WINTER
XXVI. JUST HOW IT ALL BEGAN
XXVII. POKETOWN IN A NEW DRESS
XXVIII. NO ODOR OF GASOLINE!
XXIX. JANICE DAY'S FIRST LOVE LETTER
XXX. WHAT THE ECHO MIGHT HAVE HEARD

JANICE DAY

CHAPTER I

A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL

"Well! this is certainly a relief from the stuffy old cars," said
Janice Day, as she reached the upper deck of the lake steamer, dropped
her suitcase, and drew in her first full breath of the pure air.

"What a beautiful lake!" she went on. "And how big! Why--I had no
idea! I wonder how far Poketown is from here?"

The ancient sidewheel steamer was small and there were few passengers