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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Dorothy's Triumph, by Evelyn Raymond, Illustrated by Rudolph Mencl
Title: Dorothy's Triumph
Author: Evelyn Raymond
Release Date: February 28, 2009 [eBook #28221]
Language: English
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DOROTHY’S
TRIUMPH
BY
EVELYN RAYMOND
Illustrated By
RUDOLF MENCL
NEW YORK
A. L. CHATTERTON CO.
Copyright 1911
A. L. CHATTERTON CO.
“A MELODY SUCH AS SETS THE HEART BEATING.”“Dorothy’s Triumph.”
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | On the Train | 9 |
| II. | At Old Bellvieu Again | 28 |
| III. | Dorothy Meets Herr Deichenberg | 49 |
| IV. | The Beginning of the Trip | 66 |
| V. | The Camp in the Mountains | 84 |
| VI. | A Cry in the Night | 104 |
| VII. | Unwelcome Visitors | 122 |
| VII. | The Journey Home | 143 |
| IX. | The First Lesson | 158 |
| X. | Herr Deichenberg’s Concert | 174 |
| XI | Christmas at Bellvieu | 192 |
| XII | Mr. Ludlow’s Offer | 207 |
| XIII | In the Metropolis | 222 |
| XIV | The Storm | 237 |
| XV | Dorothy’s Triumph | 251 |
DOROTHY’S TRIUMPH
CHAPTER I
ON THE TRAIN
“Maryland, my Maryland!” dreamily hummed Dorothy Calvert.
“Not only your Maryland, but mine,” was the resolute response of the boy beside her.
Dorothy turned on him in surprise.
“Why, Jim Barlow, I thought nothing could shake your allegiance to old New York state; you’ve told me so yourself dozens of times, and—”
“I know, Dorothy; I’ve thought so myself, but since my visit to old Bellvieu, and our trip on the houseboat, I’ve—I’ve sort o’ changed my mind.”
“You don’t mean that you’re coming to live with Aunt Betty and I again, Jim? Oh, you just can’t mean that! Why, we’d be so delighted!”
“No, I don’t mean just that,” responded Jim, rather glumly—“in fact, I don’t know just what I mean myself, except I feel like I must be always near you and Mrs. Calvert.”
“Say Aunt Betty, Jim.”
“Well, Aunt Betty.”
“You know she is an aunt to you, in the matter of affection, if not by blood.”
“I do know that, and I appreciate all she did for me before she got well enough acquainted with you to believe she wanted you to live with her forever.”
“Say, Jim, dear, often