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Title: Jennie Baxter, Journalist

Author: Robert Barr

Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9300]
Posting Date: August 3, 2009

Language: English

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JENNIE BAXTER JOURNALIST

By Robert Barr

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

CONTENTS

I. JENNIE MAKES HER TOILETTE AND THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A PORTER

II. JENNIE HAS IMPORTANT CONFERENCES WITH TWO IMPORTANT EDITORS

III. JENNIE INTERVIEWS A FRIGHTENED OFFICIAL

IV. JENNIE LEARNS ABOUT THE DIAMONDS OF THE PRINCESS

V. JENNIE MEETS A GREAT DETECTIVE

VI. JENNIE SOLVES THE DIAMOND MYSTERY

VII. JENNIE ARRANGES A CINDERELLA VISIT

VIII. JENNIE MIXES WITH THE ELITE OF EARTH

IX. JENNIE REALIZES THAT GREAT EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEHIND

X. JENNIE ASSISTS IN SEARCHING FOR HERSELF

XI. JENNIE ELUDES AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE

XII. JENNIE TOUCHES THE EDGE OF A GOVERNMENT SECRET

XIII. JENNIE INDULGES IN TEA AND GOSSIP

XIV. JENNIE BECOMES A SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER

XV. JENNIE BESTOWS INFORMATION UPON THE CHIEF OF POLICE

XVI. JENNIE VISITS A MODERN WIZARD IN HIS MAGIC ATTIC

XVII. JENNIE ENGAGES A ROOM IN A SLEEPING-CAR

XVIII. JENNIE ENDURES A TERRIBLE NIGHT JOURNEY

XIX. JENNIE EXPERIENCES THE SURPRISE OF HER LIFE

XX. JENNIE CONVERSES WITH A YOUNG MAN SHE THINKS MUCH OF

XXI. JENNIE KEEPS STEP WITH THE WEDDING MARCH

CHAPTER I. JENNIE MAKES HER TOILETTE AND THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A PORTER.

Miss Jennie Baxter, with several final and dainty touches that put to
rights her hat and dress--a little pull here and a pat there--regarded
herself with some complacency in the large mirror that was set before
her, as indeed she had every right to do, for