Chapter I: Front Matter

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WHEN GRETEL WAS FIFTEEN

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WHEN GRETEL WAS FIFTEEN

by

NINA RHOADES

Illustrated by Elizabeth Withington

Boston Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

Published, August, 1921

Copyright, 1921, By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

All rights reserved

When Gretel Was Fifteen

Norwood Press Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass. U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE GIRLS AT MISS MINTON’S 9

II. EASTER IN WAR TIME 32

III. BREAKING-UP DAY 49

IV. FRÄULEIN SIELING MAKES A CALL 68

V. OFF FOR NEW LONDON 92

VI. AT THE CHESTERS’ 111

VII. GRETEL MEETS AN OLD FRIEND 133

VIII. ADA EXPRESSES AN OPINION 154

IX. THE DANCE ON THE FOURTH 177

X. THE SUMMONS 197

XI. GRETEL PROVES HER LOYALTY 214

XII. LOST 234

XIII. SUSPENSE 260

XIV. FOUND 286

XV. SAFE AT HOME 309

ILLUSTRATIONS

More than one pair of eyes looked
after her curiously _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Gretel could not help noticing that the
young man was regarding her in a
rather peculiar manner 144

Gretel put out a detaining hand 168

If he recognized her, he made not the
slightest sign 192

“I believe you are to be trusted in so far
as that” 224

Of course the two girls had a great deal
to say to each other 314

When Gretel Was Fifteen