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Title: The Motor Girls Through New England
or, Held by the Gypsies

Author: Margaret Penrose

Release Date: March 22, 2007 [eBook #20870]

Language: English

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THE MOTOR GIRLS THROUGH NEW ENGLAND

Or

Held by the Gypsies

by

MARGARET PENROSE

The Goldsmith Publishing Co.
New York, N.Y.

Copyright, 1911, by
Cupples & Leon Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE SHADOW
II STRIKE OF THE LEADING LADY
III A MISHAP
IV TO THE RESCUE
V FRIEND OR FOE
VI A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
VII THE SEARCH
VIII THE BEGINNING OF THE END
IX THE START
X AN EXPLOSION
XI THE RESULT OF A BLAZE
XII QUEER COBBLERS
XIII A DELAY AND A SCARE
XIV THE MIDNIGHT TOW
XV THE GIPSY'S WARNING
XVI THE DISAPPEARANCE
XVII MISSING
XVIII KIDNAPPED
XIX THE DEN OF THE GYPSY QUEEN
XX CORA AND HELKA
XXI MOTHER HULL
XXII SADDENED HEARTS
XXIII ANOTHER STORY
XXIV THE COLLAPSE
XXV THE AWAKENING
XXVI SURPRISES
XXVII THE CALL OF THE HEART
XXVIII VICTORY
XXIX A REAL LOVE FEAST

THE MOTOR GIRLS THROUGH NEW ENGLAND

CHAPTER I

THE SHADOW

"Look, girls! There's a man!"

"Where?"

"Just creeping under the dining-room window!"

"What can he want--looks suspicious!"

"Oh, I'm afraid to go in!"

"Hush! We won't go in just now!"

"If only the boys were here!"

"Well, don't cry--they will be here soon."

"See! He's getting under the fence! There he goes!"

"Did you get a look at him?"

"Yes, a good look. I'll know him next time."

Bess, Belle and Cora were holding this whispered conversation. It was
Belle, the timid, who wanted to cry, and it was Cora who had really
seen the man--got the good look. Bess did say she wished the boys were
around, but Bess had great confidence in those boys, and this remark,
when a man was actually sneaking ar