Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MISS PAT AT ARTEMIS LODGE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THE "MISS PAT" SERIES Nine Volumes Miss Pat and Her Sisters Miss Pat at School Miss Pat in the Old World Miss Pat and Company, Limited Miss Pat's Holidays at Greycroft Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge Miss Pat's Problem Miss Pat in Buenos Ayres Miss Pat's Career ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Illustration: "TANCREDI SAYS ROSAMOND IS GOING INTO OPERA AS SOON AS SHE IS DONE WITH HER."] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MISS PAT AT ARTEMIS LODGE By PEMBERTON GINTHER Frontispiece By THE AUTHOR PHILADELPHIA THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY PUBLISHERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright, 1917, by The John C. Winston Co. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Carolyn, a True Friend ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Miss Pat Arrives 9 II. Bruce's Surprise Party 24 III. The Tea-room at Artemis Lodge 40 IV. Tancredi's Two Pupils 57 V. Rosamond Insists 69 VI. Patricia Makes Another Friend 84 VII. A Dinner For Two 102 VIII. Patricia Receives an Invitation 116 IX. Rosamond's Friend 130 X. Miss Pat Plays Nurse 143 XI. The Reward of the Faithful 158 XII. Patricia Moves 172 XIII. The Turning Point 186 XIV. Constance's Other Side 201 XV. Patricia Decides To Make the Best of It 215 XVI. The Door Opens Again 227 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER I MISS PAT ARRIVES "The train's in, Elinor, and she'll be here in a jiffy. Bruce said he'd get a taxi, so as not to lose a minute. Do come and watch that corner while I keep my eyes on this one," said Judith, in a sudden flurry. She was standing with her nose pressed against the cool glass of the studio window, staring eagerly out across the wintry square and scanning the opposite streets with intent gaze, and even when she gestured urgently to her older sister, her eyes never left the busy outdoor scene.