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Title: Polly's Business Venture

Author: Lillian Elizabeth Roy

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POLLY'S BUSINESS VENTURE

by

LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY

Author of
Polly of Pebbly Pit, Polly and Eleanor,
Polly in New York, Polly and
Her Friends Abroad

Illustrated by H. S. Barbour

[Illustration: THE TWO CARS COLLIDED.
Polly's Business Venture. Frontispiece--(Page 99)]

New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1922, by
Grosset & Dunlap

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I POLLY RETURNS TO AMERICA 1
II A DISAPPOINTING EVENING 18
III THE ACCIDENT 34
IV A REUNION AND A VISITOR 47
V THE RAID ON CHOKO'S FIND MINE 58
VI POLLY AND ELEANOR BEGIN COLLECTING 74
VII A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC HUNT 94
VIII ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT COLLECTING 109
IX POLLY'S HUNT IN 'JERSEY 127
X UNEXPECTED NEWS FROM PEBBLY PIT 151
XI POLLY'S FIRST CONTRACT 167
XII THE PARSIPPANY VENDUE 182
XIII TOM MEANS BUSINESS 199
XIV NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS 213
XV MUTUAL CONSOLATION 231
XVI BEAUX OR BUSINESS 250
XVII BUSINESS 269