FOUR GIRLS OF FORTY YEARS AGO BOOKS BY NINA RHOADES MARION’S VACATION. Illustrated. Cloth. $1.75 DOROTHY BROWN. Illustrated. Cloth. $1.75 VICTORINE’S BOOK. Illustrated. Cloth. $1.75 THE GIRL FROM ARIZONA. Illustrated. $1.75 THE INDEPENDENCE OF NAN. Illustrated. $1.75 FOR YOUNGER READERS “THE BRICK HOUSE BOOKS” The sight of the brick house on the cover makes girl readers happy at once.--_Indianapolis News._ Illustrated. Large 12mo. Cloth. $1.50 each. ONLY DOLLIE THE LITTLE GIRL NEXT DOOR WINIFRED’S NEIGHBORS THE CHILDREN ON THE TOP FLOOR HOW BARBARA KEPT HER PROMISE LITTLE MISS ROSAMOND PRISCILLA OF THE DOLL SHOP BRAVE LITTLE PEGGY THE OTHER SYLVIA MAISIE’S MERRY CHRISTMAS LITTLE QUEEN ESTHER MAKING MARY LIZZIE HAPPY A REAL CINDERELLA NORA’S TWIN SISTER FOUR GIRLS OF FORTY YEARS AGO LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. BOSTON [Illustration: “I THINK YOU ARE THE MOST WONDERFUL PERSON I EVER HEARD OF,” DECLARED DULCIE.--_Page 87._] Four Girls of Forty Years Ago BY NINA RHOADES _ILLUSTRATED BY_ ELEANOR R. WEEDEN [Illustration] BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Published, August, 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. _All Rights Reserved_ Four Girls of Forty Years Ago Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS. U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE FOUR LITTLE WINSLOWS 9 II. A VISITOR 25 III. A WONDERFUL DAY 39 IV. THE SINGING LADY 54 V. MISS POLLY’S STORY 71 VI. PAUL 91 VII. THE STOLEN CHILD 104 VIII. THE HOUSE ON AVENUE A 119 IX. MISS POLLY’S PIANO 133 X. DULCIE’S BIRTHDAY 147 XI. PAUL ENTERTAINS MISS POLLY 164 XII. DAISY WRITES A LETTER 178 XIII. DECORATION DAY 193 XIV. MRS. WINSLOW GETS A TELEGRAM 214 XV. DULCIE TAKES THE HELM 228 XVI. LOOKING FOR A SITUATION 241 XVII. STEPMOTHERS 258 XVIII. A HOME-COMING 270 ILLUSTRATIONS “I think you are the most wonderful person I ever heard of” declared Dulcie (Page 87) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The door swung open so quietly and easily that she nearly fell over backward 62 “She’s got the big fellow down. She’s sittin’ on his head” 128 Daisy took the two letters, flew down-stairs, and out into the street 190 “We’re--we’re looking for a situation” 258