Produced by Mark C. Orton, Júlio Reis, Linda McKeown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE MISSION OF JANICE DAY _THE "DO SOMETHING" BOOKS_ BY HELEN BEECHER LONG JANICE DAY THE TESTING OF JANICE DAY HOW JANICE DAY WON THE MISSION OF JANICE DAY _12mo. Cloth. Illustrated Price per volume, $1.25 net_ SULLY AND KLEINTEICH NEW YORK [Illustration: She approached the charger ridden by the bandit chief. (_See page 242_)] THE FOURTH "_DO SOMETHING_" BOOK * * * * * THE MISSION OF JANICE DAY BY HELEN BEECHER LONG AUTHOR OF "JANICE DAY," "THE TESTING OF JANICE DAY," ETC. Illustrated by CORINNE TURNER [Illustration] NEW YORK SULLY AND KLEINTEICH =Copyright, 1917, by= SULLY AND KLEINTEICH All rights reserved CONTENTS =CHAPTER= =PAGE= I. =Something Troubles Uncle Jason= 1 II. =Something Troubles Everybody= 16 III. =Marty Speaks Out= 25 IV. ="I Told You So"= 32 V. =Janice Goes Her Way= 44 VI. =The Shadow of Coming Events= 55 VII. =Echoes= 63 VIII. =Lottie Seeks a Friend= 72 IX. =Mrs. Scattergood Talks= 82 X. =The Only Serious Thing= 93 XI. ="I Must Go!"= 103 XII. =Nelson Does Not Understand= 113 XIII. =Marty Expands= 121 XIV. =The Black-eyed Woman= 132 XV. =A Shock to Polktown= 141 XVI. =Marty Runs Into Trouble= 153 XVII. =Two Explosions= 163 XVIII. =Something Very Exciting= 174 XIX. =The Crossing= 183 XX. =Roweled by Circumstances= 201 XXI. =At La Guarda= 213 XXII. =The Red Vest Again= 223 XXIII. =The Bandits= 232 XXIV. =The Situation Becomes Difficult= 240 XXV. =An Amazing Meeting= 249 XXVI. =At Last= 263 XXVII. =Much To Talk About= 272 XXVIII. =Tom Hotchkiss Reappears= 281 XXIX. ="Judge B-day"= 289 XXX. =At Home= 298 ILLUSTRATIONS