. Witch Winnie's mystery; or, The old oak cabinet; the story of a King's daughter . peeped and listened with an in-dustry which would have done credit to a bettercause. She seemed to arofue that as no lover o of the beautiful could fail to appreciate Ade-laides beauty, therefore our artist must admireAdelaide, and in this deduction she was notfar from the truth, but she ought not to havetaken it for granted that Adelaide must be o equally pleased with her admirer. How herespionage tracked us through several innocenttricks and capers, and was finally foiled by ourbeloved Winnie ; how the great
. Witch Winnie's mystery; or, The old oak cabinet; the story of a King's daughter . peeped and listened with an in-dustry which would have done credit to a bettercause. She seemed to arofue that as no lover o of the beautiful could fail to appreciate Ade-laides beauty, therefore our artist must admireAdelaide, and in this deduction she was notfar from the truth, but she ought not to havetaken it for granted that Adelaide must be o equally pleased with her admirer. How herespionage tracked us through several innocenttricks and capers, and was finally foiled by ourbeloved Winnie ; how the great mystery ofthe robbery for a time brought doubt and sus-picion between four dear friends who would,and did, go through fire and water for one an-other; and how, in spite of doubt and jealousyand trouble, our love and devotion for one an-other : burned brightly and steadily on to theend of the school year, and into the life be-yond--this little book will tell. That the events which I am about to relatemay be better understood, I subjoin a plan ofthe Amen Corner. OF THE AMENCORNER. WITCH WINNIES MYSTERY. CHAPTER I. THE FIRST ESCAPADE OF THE SEASON. I R L S ! Winnieexclaimedexcitedlyas we en-tered ourstudy parlorafter recitation,I am wild withcuriosity toknow what theyare doing in thehospital. Allthe morning,while I havebeen trying to study, there has been thegreatest thumping and bumping going on in there. I wonder whether they are chaining 15
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