Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) [Illustration: MR. ALEXANDER IS INTRODUCED TO POLLY. _Frontispiece—(Page 24)_] POLLY AND HER FRIENDS ABROAD BY LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY _Author of_ POLLY OF PEBBLY PIT, POLLY AND ELEANOR, POLLY IN NEW YORK, POLLY’S BUSINESS VENTURE ILLUSTRATED BY H. S. BARBOUR NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I The Alexanders 1 II Dodo Meets Polly’s Friends 22 III The Tour Is Planned 41 IV The Tour of Great Britain 62 V Love Affairs and Antiques 84 VI Polly Takes a Hand To Cure Jimmy 106 VII Dodo’s Elopement 126 VIII Dodo Meets Another “Title” 148 IX Mr. Alexander’s Surprise 166 X A Dangerous Pass on the Alps 184 XI The Plot in Venice 205 XII Escaping an Earthquake 223 XIII Unexpected Vicissitudes of Travel 238 XIV A Highwayman in Disguise 255 XV Ahoy! for the Stars and Stripes Again 267 POLLY AND HER FRIENDS ABROAD CHAPTER I—THE ALEXANDERS Eleanor Maynard left her friend, Polly Brewster, in the stateroom, cutting the stems of the gorgeous American Beauty roses, and arranging them anew in the tall glass of fresh water. As she was about to close the door behind her, she turned and said: “Be sure and come up on deck, Polly, as soon as you are done with the roses.” “All right, run along and I’ll be with you in a jiffy,” returned Polly, her thoughts engaged with the flowers. So Eleanor strolled to the upper deck and tried to find an interest with which to amuse herself until Polly joined her.