V. Cost 144
XVI. A Memorandum 153
XVII. On the Way Home 161
XVIII. A Discourse on Salaries 171
XIX. A Letter 184
XX. Stars 185
XXI. In the Dark 193
XXII. The Sensible Thing 200
XXIII. Looking Ahead 207
XXIV. Vacations 215
XXV. In the Park 223
XXVI. One Stuyvesant 238
XXVII. The Stars Again 247
XXVIII. Seeing 256
XXIX. Mostly Sally 264
XXX. Don Explains 275
XXXI. Sally Decides 295
XXXII. Barton Appears 305
XXXIII. A Bully World 317
XXXIV. Don Makes Good 321
XXXV. "Home, John" 330

THE WALL STREET GIRL

CHAPTER I

DON RECEIVES A JOLT

Before beginning to read the interesting document in front of him,
Jonas Barton, senior member of Barton & Saltonstall, paused to clean
his glasses rather carefully, in order to gain sufficient time to
study for a moment the tall, good-looking young man who waited
indifferently on the other side of the desk. He had not seen his late
client's son since the latter had entered college--a black-haired,
black-eyed lad of seventeen, impulsive in manner and speech. The
intervening four years had tempered him a good deal. Yet, the
Pendleton characteristics were all there--the square jaw, the rather
large, firm mouth, the thin nose, the keen eyes. They were all there,
but each a trifle subdued: the square jaw not quite so square as the
father's, the mouth not quite so large, the nose so sharp, or the
eyes so keen. On the other hand, there was a certain fineness that the
father had lacked.

In height