Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore

Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore

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Title: Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore
Author: Amy Brooks

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DOROTHY DAINTY AT GLENMORE
by
AMY BROOKS
With Illustrations by the Author

[Illustration--Book Cover]
[Illustration: "A LETTER FROM VERA!" ANSWERED
DOROTHY.--Page 3.]

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Boston Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. Dorothy Dainty Trade-Mark
Registered in U.S. Patent Office Published, August, 1917 Copyright,
1917, by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. All rights reserved DOROTHY
DAINTY AT GLENMORE Norwood Press Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass. U.S.A.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I OFF TO GLENMORE 1
II THE FIRST SOCIAL 18
III MISCHIEF 40
IV A WONDERFUL TONIC 61
V A SLEIGHING PARTY 82
VI THE LOST NECKLACE 99
VII WHEN NANCY DANCED 122
VIII A BIT OF SPITE 138
IX THE WISHING-WELL 157
X A LIVELY WEEK 181
XI AN INNOCENT SNEAK-THIEF 202
XII A GLAD RETURN 219

ILLUSTRATIONS

"A letter from Vera!" answered Dorothy (Page 3) Frontispiece
FACING PAGE She wished that she might know what they were
saying 32
"Oh, what a fright!" she cried 74
"This necklace is mine!" returned the accused girl excitedly 112
At the end of the wall Betty and Valerie waited 150
Drawing closer, Nancy whispered a rare bit of news 186

DOROTHY DAINTY AT GLENMORE
CHAPTER I
OFF TO GLENMORE
The Stone House looked as fine, and its gardens as gay with flowers, as
when the members of the household were to be at home for a season,
for it always seemed at those times as if the blossoming plants did their
best, because sure of loving admiration.
But something entirely new was about to happen; something that made
Dorothy Dainty catch her breath, while her dearest friend, Nancy Ferris,
declared that she was wildly happy, except that the whole thing seemed
so like a dream that she could hardly believe it.
"That's just it, Nancy," said Dorothy. "It surely does seem like a
dream."
Yet it was true, and not a dream that Mr. Dainty was to be away from
home for some months, that Mrs. Dainty was to accompany him, and
that Aunt Charlotte would be with them, and that Dorothy and Nancy
were to spend those months at a fine school for girls, and Vera Vane,
merry, mischief-loving Vera, would be eagerly looking for them on the

day of their arrival. One would almost wonder that the thought of being
away at school should appeal to Dorothy and Nancy, but it was the
novelty that charmed them.
It was always delightful at the Stone House, and there had been
summer seasons at shore and country that they had greatly enjoyed, but
here was a new experience, and the "newness" was delightful.
A letter from Vera had just arrived, and Dorothy, out in the garden
when the postman had handed it to her, stood reading it.
"Her