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                            THE MOTOR MAIDS
                               ACROSS THE
                               CONTINENT

                                   BY

                            KATHERINE STOKES

       AUTHOR OF "THE MOTOR MAIDS' SCHOOL DAYS," "THE MOTOR MAIDS
                        BY PALM AND PINE," ETC.

                                NEW YORK
                            HURST & COMPANY
                               PUBLISHERS




                            Copyright, 1911,
                                   BY
                            HURST & COMPANY




                                CONTENTS

             CHAPTER                                      PAGE
                  I. Westward Ho!                            5
                 II. Peter                                  22
                III. In Search of a Dinner                  33
                 IV. The Three Wishes                       48
                  V. An Incident of the Road                67
                 VI. Under the Stars                        81
                VII. Barney M'Gee                           92
               VIII. Cutting the Bonds                     106
                 IX. The Girl from the Golden West         117
                  X. Steptoe Lodge                         130
                 XI. The Hawkes Family                     146
                XII. Into the Wilderness                   156
               XIII. Hot Air Sue                           168
                XIV. On the Road Again                     177
                 XV. In the Robbers' Nest                  190
                XVI. In the Rockies                        206
               XVII. Salt Lake City                        218
              XVIII. David and Goliath                     229
                XIX. A Day of Surprises                    242
                 XX. The Elopement                         258
                XXI. A Meeting in the Desert               270
               XXII. A Bit of Old Italy                    280
              XXIII. A Change of Heart                     292
               XXIV. San Francisco at Last                 301




THE MOTOR MA