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Title: Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West

Author: Edith Van Dyne

Release Date: December 10, 2003 [eBook #10432]

Language: English

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Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West

By Edith Van Dyne

1914

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA

II AN OBJECT LESSON

III AN ATTRACTIVE GIRL

IV AUNT JANE'S NIECES

V A THRILLING RESCUE

VI A. JONES

VII THE INVALID

VIII THE MAGIC OF A NAME

IX DOCTOR PATSY

X STILL A MYSTERY

XI A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

XII PICTURES, GIRLS AND NONSENSE

XIII A FOOLISH BOY

XIV ISIDORE LE DRIEUX

XV A FEW PEARLS

XVI TROUBLE

XVII UNCLE JOHN IS PUZZLED

XVIII DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES

XIX MAUD MAKES A MEMORANDUM

XX A GIRLISH NOTION

XXI THE YACHT "ARABELLA"

XXII MASCULINE AND FEMININE

XXIII THE ADVANTAGE OF A DAY

XXIV PICTURE NUMBER NINETEEN

XXV JUDGMENT

XXVI SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN

CHAPTER I

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA

"This is getting to be an amazing old world," said a young girl, still in
her "teens," as she musingly leaned her chin on her hand.

"It has always been an amazing old world, Beth," said another girl who
was sitting on the porch railing and swinging her feet in the air.

"True, Patsy," was the reply; "but the people are doing such peculiar
things nowadays."

"Yes, yes!" exclaimed a little man who occupied a reclining chair within
hearing distance; "that is the way with you young folks--always
confounding the world with its people."

"Don't the people make the world, Uncle John?" asked Patricia Doyle,
looking at him quizzically.

"No, indeed; the world could get along very well without its people; but
the people--"

"To be sure; they need the world," laughed Patsy, her blue eyes
twinkling so that they glorified her plain, freckled face.

"Neverthe