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Little Lost Sister By: Virginia Brooks (1886-) |
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"It isn't always the costume of women of fashion ... or the blazing
resplendent show window that tempts Little Lost Sisters. It is more
often just the human need for love and shelter ... the lack of a
friendly handclasp that shall lighten tomorrow's labor ... the
sympathy and understanding that breeds hope" LITTLE LOST SISTER By
VIRGINIA BROOKS Author of
"MY BATTLES WITH VICE" New York
THE MACAULAY COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1914, By
F. A. P. GAZZOLO AND R. E. RICKSEN, All Rights Reserved CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Prologue 13 I At the Button Mill 17 II Seeing Millville 27 III Enter a Detective 37 IV Harvey Meets "A Dealer in Cattle" 49 V A Serpent Whispers and a Woman Listens 57 VI A Romance Dawns and a Tragedy 67 VII Harry Boland Hears from His Father 77 VIII The Death of Tom Welcome 85 IX In Which Some of Chicago's Best People
Essay a Task Too Big for Them 95 X The Adventures of a Newspaper Story 115 XI A Bomb for Mr. Grogan 133 XII Bad News from Millville 145 XIII The Reader Meets Another Old Acquaintance 155 XIV In Which the Wolf is Bitten by the Lamb 165 XV The Search Begins for the Lost Sister 173 XVI John Boland Meets Mary Randall 185 XVII The Cafe Sinister 203 XVIII Lost in the Levee 219 XIX Mary Randall Goes to Live in a Wolf's Den 229 XX Druce Signs a Significant Document 241 XXI Druce Proves a True Prophet 253 XXII "The Mills of the Gods" 261 XXIII After the Tragedy 271 XXIV "The Highway of the Upright" 277 XXV The Interests Versus Mary Randall 289 XXVI Out on Bail 297 XXVII Harvey Spencer Takes up the Trail 305 XXVIII The Forces That Conquer 317 XXIX The Call of Eternity 329 XXX At the Wedding Feast 335 XXXI With the Roses of Love 345 XXXII At Mary Randall's Summer Home 353 Afterward 359
LITTLE LOST SISTER PROLOGUE
They came up suddenly over a bit of rising ground, the mill owner and his
friend the writer and student of modern industries, and stood in full
view of the factory. The air was sweet with scent of apple blossoms. A
song sparrow trilled in the poplar tree. "What do you think of our factory?" asked the man of business and of
success, turning his keen, aggressive face towards his companion... Continue reading book >>
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