Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves   By: Annie Roe Carr

OR

STRANGE ADVENTURES AMONG THE ORANGE GROVES

BY

ANNIE ROE CARR

Author of "Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp," "Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays," "Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch," etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

BY ANNIE ROE CARR

THE NAN SHERWOOD SERIES

NAN SHERWOOD AT PINE CAMP Or The Old Lumberman's Secret NAN SHERWOOD AT LAKEVIEW HALL Or The Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse NAN SHERWOOD'S WINTER HOLIDAYS Or Rescuing the Runaways NAN SHERWOOD AT ROSE RANCH Or The Old Mexican's Treasure NAN SHERWOOD AT PALM BEACH Or Strange Adventures Among the Orange Groves

GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1921, BY GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY

Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach

Printed in the U. S. A.

[Illustration: The music carried them far away on golden wings of melody. ( See page 190 )]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CRASH ON THE HILL 1 II. NEARLY A TRAGEDY 13 III. THE OLD LADY 20 IV. SOLVING A PROBLEM 27 V. CALLED TO ACCOUNT 34 VI. A GLORIOUS PROSPECT 41 VII. IN THE DORMITORY 47 VIII. ON THE ROAD 55 IX. THE JOY OF GIVING 62 X. A MIDNIGHT FEAST 69 XI. A DANGEROUS PLOT 76 XII. ALMOST A DISASTER 85 XIII. THE WILY STRANGER 94 XIV. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 104 XV. WE'RE OFF! 114 XVI. FUN AND NONSENSE 123 XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS MEN 131 XVIII. A STARTLING REVELATION 138 XIX. AN ATTEMPTED THEFT 147 XX. THOSE MEN AGAIN 156 XXI. THE BEGINNING OF ROMANCE 165 XXII. PALM BEACH AT LAST 173 XXIII. A TROPICAL PARADISE 181 XXIV. NAN IS FRIGHTENED 188 XXV. MOONLIGHT 198 XXVI. WORTH A FORTUNE 208 XXVII. WALTER TO THE RESCUE 217 XXVIII. CAUGHT 228 XXIX. "WHEN THE SPIRIT MOVES" 237

ILLUSTRATIONS

The music carried them far away on the golden wings of melody (Page 190) Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

The three girls bent eagerly over Mrs. Bragley as she opened one paper after another 66 Nan's eyes were following the figures of two men strolling down the deck 140 He pushed Nan from him with such force that she stumbled and fell 216

NAN SHERWOOD AT PALM BEACH

CHAPTER I

THE CRASH ON THE HILL

"Smooth as glass!" ejaculated Nan Sherwood, as she came in sight of Pendragon Hill and noted the gleaming stretch of snow and ice that ran down to the very edge of Lake Huron.