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QUICKSILVER SUE

  [Illustration: READING CLARICE'S LETTER.]


QUICKSILVER SUE

by

LAURA E. RICHARDS

Author of "Captain January," etc.

Illustrated by W. D. Stevens







New York
The Century Co.
1901




CONTENTS


     CHAPTER                                      PAGE

        I  SOMETHING EXCITING                        1

       II  THE NEW-COMER                            16

      III  MARY'S VIEW                              34

       IV  EARLY IN THE MORNING                     50

        V  THE PICNIC                               67

       VI  AT THE HOTEL                             89

      VII  THE MYSTERY, AND WHAT CAME OF IT        105

     VIII  THE CIRCUS                              122

       IX  THE LONELY ROAD                         140

        X  ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL               158




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


     READING CLARICE'S LETTER           _Frontispiece