Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 52946-h.htm or 52946-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52946/52946-h/52946-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52946/52946-h.zip) THREE SIDES OF PARADISE GREEN by AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN Author of "The Girl Next Door," "The Sapphire Signet," etc. Illustrated by C. M. Relyea [Illustration: Decoration] New York The Century Co. [Illustration: "I'll tell you after we've had our swim," said the Imp] Copyright, 1918, by The Century Co. Published, October, 1918 Printed in U. S. A. TO THE REAL HELEN ROBERTA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE JOURNAL IS BEGUN 3 II NEW DEVELOPMENTS 18 III THE IMP HAS THE BEST OF IT 36 IV THE MYSTERIOUS "MONSIEUR" 53 V TWO ACCIDENTS AND A MYSTERY 68 VI IN MONSIEUR'S ROOM 87 VII THE IMP MAKES A DISCOVERY 99 VIII THE PORTRAIT OF MYSTERY 114 IX CAROL MAKES A DISCOVERY OF HER OWN 125 X JOTTINGS FROM THE JOURNAL 138 XI LOUIS SPRINGS A SURPRISE--AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF 151 XII WHAT THE IMP KNEW 163 XIII SUSPICIONS 175 XIV A SOLEMN CONCLAVE--AND WHAT CAME OF IT 190 XV MONSIEUR'S STORY 202 XVI AUGUST FOURTH, 1914 228 XVII THE IMP MAKES A LAST DISCOVERY 246 XVIII THE END OF THE JOURNAL 265 THREE SIDES OF PARADISE GREEN CHAPTER I THE JOURNAL IS BEGUN November 22, 1913. It's all on account of Miss Cullingford that I'm beginning this journal. I never would have thought of such a thing by myself. Neither would Carol. Now we've both begun one, and it's just because Miss Cullingford is so sweet and lovely, and all the girls at Bridgeton High School want to please her,--Carol and myself most of all. Miss Cullingford is our English literature instructor, and we all simply adore her. She's the sweetest thing! She's little and slight, with fluffy light hair and dark blue eyes. And she's _such_ an inspiration about literature and English composition! She makes it seem actually like a romance. They always seemed terribly dull, those subjects, when we had Miss Trotter last year. But now we're just crazy about them.