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The Girl at Central

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The Girl at Central (1915)
by Geraldine Bonner, illustrated by Arthur William Brown
Edition: New York & London; D. Appleton and Co., 1915.

The story is told by a telephone girl in modified telephonese, a jargon which becomes at times a little trying; but the story itself is remarkably good of its kind, and uncommonly well worked out. —The Nation, July 1915. (full review on the Discussion page.

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THE GIRL AT CENTRAL

. . .

"'Mark my words, there's going to be trouble at Mapleshade'"

[Page 47]

. . .

THE
GIRL AT CENTRAL


By
GERALDINE BONNER

Author of "The Emigrant Trail," "The Book
of Evelyn," etc.



ILLUSTRATED BY

ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN


NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1915

. . .

Copyright, 1915, by
D. Appleton and Company

Copyright, 1914. 1916, by The Curtis Publishing Company

Printed in the United States of America

. . .

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Mark my words, there's going to be trouble at Mapleshade'" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

"'Sylvia was in her riding dress, looking a picture" 32

'A day later he was arrested at Firehill and taken to Bloomington jail" 182

'I came down to the parlor where Babbitts was waiting" 266

. . .

Chapters (not listed in original)

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1930, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 94 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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