Produced by Roger Frank, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: The six-foot rattler had coiled to strike again.] THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR WHERE THEY WENT WHAT THEY SAW AND WHAT THEY FOUND BY GRACE BROOKS HILL Author of “The Corner House Girls,” “The Corner House Girls Under Canvas,” Etc. ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN PUBLISHERS BARSE & CO. NEW YORK, N. Y. NEWARK, N. J. Copyright, 1917 By BARSE & CO. Corner House Girls on a Tour Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A Red Letter Day Indeed 9 II What Mrs. Heard Heard 22 III What Mrs. Heard Told 34 IV Saleratus Joe 43 V Dot’s Awful Adventure 53 VI The Big Tour Is Planned 64 VII What Sammy Did 72 VIII Reforming a “Pirate” 86 IX A Wayside Bivouac 91 X The Passing Automobile 99 XI An Adventure Begins 110 XII Seeking 121 XIII The Green and Orange Petticoat 132 XIV With the Romany Folk 143 XV Another Clue 151 XVI Searching the Barn 161 XVII One Thing After Another 171 XVIII A Very Annoying Situation 179 XIX The Tin Badge of the Law 188 XX Excitement 197 XXI The Unexpected Happens 209 XXII Sammy Investigates 222 XXIII Roughing It 230 XXIV Something Really Exciting 240 XXV Welcome Home 248 ILLUSTRATIONS The six-foot rattler had coiled to strike again Frontispiece PAGE From the apex of these when they were set up, the kettle was hung 93 “You leetle ’Merican girls come wit’ me” 144