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[Illustration: Book Cover]




THE GIRL NEXT DOOR




[Illustration: Marcia turned to stare out of the window at the house
opposite]




THE GIRL NEXT DOOR


BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

Author of "The Sapphire Signet," "The
Boarded-Up House," etc.


ILLUSTRATED BY
C. M. RELYEA


[Illustration]


NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.




Copyright, 1917, by
THE CENTURY CO.




TO
HOA-SIAN-SIN-NIU
(Margaret Gillespie Fagg)

AND TO THE MEMORY OF
HOA-SIAN-SIN
(John Gerardus Fagg, D.D.)

THIS BOOK IS
AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
      I MARCIA'S SECRET                                                3
     II THE FACE BEHIND THE SHUTTER                                   20
    III THE GATE OPENS                                                32
     IV THE BACKWARD GLANCE                                           43
      V THE HANDKERCHIEF IN THE WINDOW                                54
     VI CECILY REVEALS HERSELF                                        62
    VII SURPRISES ALL AROUND                                          72
   VIII AT THE END OF THE STRING                                      81
     IX FOR THE SAKE OF C