E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 58285-h.htm or 58285-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58285/58285-h/58285-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58285/58285-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through the Google Books Library Project. See https://books.google.com/books?id=QUUEAAAAYAAJ&hl=en GIRLS OF ’64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY New YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Three short raps upon the window pane.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GIRLS OF ’64 BY EMILIE BENSON KNIPE AND ALDEN ARTHUR KNIPE Authors of “A Maid of ’76,” “Polly Trotter, Patriot,” etc. ILLUSTRATED BY EMILIE BENSON KNIPE New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918 All rights reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1918 By The Macmillan Company Set up and electrotyped. Published, October, 1918 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS I News from the North II A Strange Guest III A Glimpse of Mr. Lincoln IV Unpacking Trunks V Confidences VI Red Strings VII The Baying of the Hounds VIII Increasing Mystery IX The Next Morning X A Visit XI A Knock on the Window XII The Man on the Roof XIII A Friend in Need XIV Miss Imogene Takes Charge XV Uncertainty XVI An Unexpected Disappearance XVII Confidences XVIII A Distressing Incident XIX A Strange Encounter XX A Debt to be Paid XXI In Coulter Woods XXII By Grapevine Telegraph XXIII Secrets XXIV Face to Face XXV Explanations XXVI Mr. Davis Makes a Speech XXVII A Race Against Death XXVIII Loose Ends ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS