Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from The Internet Archive. THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP [Illustration] GRACE BROOKS HILL [Illustration: "Ruth sprang forward and seized the old gentleman's coat" (_See Page_ 25)] THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP WHAT HAPPENED FIRST WHAT CAME NEXT AND HOW IT ENDED BY GRACE BROOKS HILL AUTHOR OF "THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS," "THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS," ETC. _ILLUSTRATED BY_ _R. EMMETT OWEN_ BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS NEWARK, N. J. NEW YORK, N. Y. BOOKS FOR GIRLS By Grace Brooks Hill * * * * * The Corner House Girls Series _12mo. Cloth. Illustrated._ THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AT SCHOOL THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS IN A PLAY THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS' ODD FIND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK * * * * * Copyright, 1918, by Barse & Hopkins * * * * * _The Corner House Girls Growing Up_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. ALL UP IN THE AIR 9 II. THE OLD GENTLEMAN WITH THE GREEN UMBRELLA 19 III. THE AERIAL TRAMWAY 29 IV. SCHOOL IN THE OFFING 42 V. THE SHEPARDS 49 VI. NAMING THE NEW BABY 57 VII. A FELINE FUROR 65 VIII. NEIGHBOR 75 IX. EVERYTHING AT SIXES AND AT SEVENS 84 X. ABOARD THE NANCY HANKS 93 XI. AFLOAT ON THE CANAL 105 XII. MISSING 114 XIII. THE HUE AND CRY 122 XIV. AN UNEXPECTED DELIGHT 130 XV. THE PURSUIT 140 XVI. THE RINGMASTER 152 XVII. SCALAWAG GETS A NEW HOME 161 XVIII. A LONG LOOK AHEAD 173 XIX. SCHOOL BEINGS 182 XX. BEARDING THE LION 191 XXI. ADVENTURES WITH SCALAWAG 199 XXII. THE GREEN UMBRELLA AGAIN 211 XXIII. THE MAD DOG SCARE 222