. St. Nicholas [serial]. $ ?tet, postage JO cents THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE By AugustaHuiell Seaman .4 nth or of Jacquelineof the Carrier-pigeons,^^ etc. Everybody knows the fascination of a boarded-up house. We always feel perfectly sure thatall sorts of terribly interesting, mysterious thingsare to be encountered inside. In this boarded-up house there were manysuch things. Cynthia and Joyce, two girl chums,invaded it in pursuit of their impetuous mysteries they found there, and how theyunraveled them, make as tense a narrative as agood detective story; and their redemption ofthe boar
. St. Nicholas [serial]. $ ?tet, postage JO cents THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE By AugustaHuiell Seaman .4 nth or of Jacquelineof the Carrier-pigeons,^^ etc. Everybody knows the fascination of a boarded-up house. We always feel perfectly sure thatall sorts of terribly interesting, mysterious thingsare to be encountered inside. In this boarded-up house there were manysuch things. Cynthia and Joyce, two girl chums,invaded it in pursuit of their impetuous mysteries they found there, and how theyunraveled them, make as tense a narrative as agood detective story; and their redemption ofthe boarded-up house is a beautiful climaxto a very unusual and entertaining story. Illustrations by C. Clyde Squires. postage 10 cents $ net. Send for a list of books suitable for young people, and classified according to ages PUBLISHED BY THE CENTURY CO., new york city 14 ST. NICHOLAS ADVERTISEMENTS eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii By the Author of Daddy-Long-Legs* DEARENEMY By JEAN WEBSTER. The story of one hundred and thirteen orphansand a crusty Scotch surgeon who had forgottenhow to laugh, and of Sallie McBride, who had atremendous time teaching them how to do itagain. This is that SaUieonce more whom you remember in Daddy-Long-Legs. It is impossible not to be interested in Sallie, and so in her problems; and beneaththe main current of the love story there is an undercurrent of keen and wise commentupon the management of such institutions as asylums. The author has studied theground covered by the novel; and though Sallie maintains that she is only a socialbutterfly, yet she turns a flood of light upon the question of so treating the waifs andstrays of civilization as to develop their best instincts and give them a fair chance in life. Dear Enemy is in the manner of Daddy-Long-Legs. In a year of darknessand depression, when American men and women are necessarily hearing and thinkingso much about the inevitable cruelties and horrors of war, it
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