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Title: The Stolen Singer

Author: Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger

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THE STOLEN SINGER

by

MARTHA BELLINGER

With Illustrations by Arthur William Brown

[Frontispiece: Miss Redmond detected a passage of glances between them.]

Indianapolis
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Publishers
Copyright 1911
The Bobbs-Merrill Company

TO

MY HUSBAND

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I TWILIGHT IN THE PARK
II HAMBLETON OF LYNN
III MIDSUMMER MADNESS
IV MR. VAN CAMP MAKES A CALL
V MELANIE'S DREAMS
VI ON BOARD THE JEANNE D'ARC
VII THE ROPE LADDER
VIII ON THE BREAST OF THE SEA
IX THE CAMP ON THE BEACH
X THE HEART OF YOUTH
XI THE HOME PORT
XII SEEING THE RAINBOW
XIII ALECK SEES A GHOST
XIV SUSAN STODDARD'S PRAYER
XV ECHOES FROM THE CITY
XVI A FIGHTING CHANCE
XVII THE TURN OF THE TIDE
XVIII THE SPIRIT OF THE ANCIENT WOOD
XIX MR. CHAMBERLAIN, SLEUTH
XX MONSIEUR CHATELARD TAKES THE WHEEL
XXI JIMMY REDIVIVUS
XXII A MAN OF NO PRINCIPLE
XXIII JIMMY MUFFS THE BALL
XXIV AFTER YOU, MONSIEUR!
EPILOGUE

ILLUSTRATIONS

Miss Redmond detected a passage of glances between them . . . . . .
(Frontispiece)

"That depends upon whether you are going to marry me."

"It _does_ make one feel queer, you know."

She stood over him looking down tenderly.

"You shall not turn me down like this."

THE STOLEN SINGER

CHAPTER I

TWILIGHT IN THE PARK

"You may wait, Ren