Glenloch Girls

Glenloch Girls

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Title: Glenloch Girls
Author: Grace M. Remick
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GLENLOCH GIRLS
By GRACE M. REMICK
Author of GLENLOCH GIRLS ABROAD GLENLOCH GIRLS' CLUB GLENLOCH GIRLS AT CAMP WEST
ILLUSTRATED BY ADA C. WILLLAMSON

To my little cousin
KATHARINE McC. REMICK
whose unfailing interest and appreciation have helped me to write this book.

Introduction
This is the story of a pleasant winter in the lives of some everyday girls and boys. That doesn't sound exciting, does it? And yet, if you stop to think, you will remember that most girls and boys live comparatively simple lives and that it is given only to a few to have strange adventures and do valorous deeds. Ruth Shirley, one of the girls, expects to be very forlorn, but, finding a new home in Glenloch, she is welcomed by the kindest of friends and becomes a Glenloch Girl in heart and name. One of the boys is obliged to learn the lesson of patience and courage when that which he most prizes is taken away and he supposes it will never be regained. Like all the rest of us, these young people have their follies and faults. On the whole, however, they are truthful, good-natured, peaceable young citizens, full of the business of the hour, but beginning already to plan for the mysterious future which to them promises so much. Those who are interested in the story of their good times together may be glad to read in "Glenloch Girls Abroad" how Ruth meets her father, what tidings she has from Glenloch, and something of the new friends she makes on the other side of the ocean. They will be interested also in the further doings of The Social Six, as they are related in "Glenloch Girls' Club." And the adventures and good times of "Glenloch Girls at Camp West."
GRACE M. REMICK.

CONTENTS
I. RUTH'S FATHER
II. THREE CHUMS
III. THE NEWCOMER
IV. A NEW CLUB
V. THE SOCIAL SIX
VI. BAD NEWS AND GOOD
VII. CAPS AND APRONS
VIII. CHARLOTTE'S PROBLEMS
IX. OUT OF THE SNOW
X. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS XI. ARTHUR COMES BACK
XII. LOST AND FOUND
XIII. MISS CYNTHIA
XIV. TINY ELSA
XV. PETER PAN
XVI. TELLING FORTUNES
XVII. UNCLE JERRY
XVIII. THOSE RIDICULOUS BOYS
XIX. "HOME, SWEET HOME"

ILLUSTRATIONS
"I WAS AFRAID YOU WEREN'T COMING,"
"DO YOU PROMISE TO KEEP OUR SECRETS?"
"LET ME GIVE YOU YOUR PRESENT NOW"
"IT'S VERY FINE AND BRAVE OF YOU"
IT HAPPENED AS SHE HAD WISHED
"IS YOUR LEMONADE GOOD?"
"TELL THEM YOUR NEWS"

CHAPTER I
RUTH'S FATHER
Just as the key clicked in the lock and the front door opened, a bright face peeped over the baluster from the hall above. "Why, papa," said a dismayed voice, "you're very early and I'm not dressed. I wanted to be at the door to meet you tonight of all nights."
"I'm sorry I'm not welcome, Ruthie," said papa, pretending to be very much hurt. "Shall I go out and walk up and down the block until you are ready to receive me?"
"No, indeed, you absurd boy. I'll be down there in three minutes and a half. Don't get interested in a book, will you, for I want to talk with you."
"Ail right, my dear," replied papa dutifully, and Ruth flew off to her room to put the finishing touches to her toilet.
A few minutes later she appeared in the library with flushed cheeks and very bright eyes. "Now, Popsy, sit down here," she said, leading him to the big armchair and sitting down in front of him. "Do you know what day this is, sir?" she continued, trying to look very stern.
"I think I do," he answered meekly; "it's the seventeenth of September, I believe."
"And what day is that?" still more sternly.
"That is, why, bless my soul, so it is, that's---"
"Your birthday," finished Ruth triumphantly. "And we're going to celebrate it just by ourselves. You aren't