Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm; Or, The Mystery of a Nobody

								


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Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm



    OR



    The Mystery of a Nobody



    BY



    ALICE B. EMERSON



    AUTHOR OF "BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON,"

    "BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL,"

    "THE RUTH FIELDING SERIES," ETC.



    ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK

    CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

    PUBLISHERS

Books for Girls
BY ALICE B. EMERSON
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

BETTY GORDON SERIES



    BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM

    BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON

    BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL

RUTH FIELDING SERIES



    RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL

    RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL

    RUTH FIELDING AT SNOW CAMP

    RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT

    RUTH FIELDING AT SILVER RANCH

    RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND

    RUTH FIELDING AT SUNRISE FARM

    RUTH FIELDING AND THE GYPSIES

    RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES

    RUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE

    RUTH FIELDING AT COLLEGE

    RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE

    RUTH FIELDING IN THE RED CROSS

    RUTH FIELDING AT THE WAR FRONT

    RUTH FIELDING HOMEWARD BOUND

    RUTH FIELDING DOWN EAST



    CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

    COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY

    CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY



    BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM

CONTENTS

    CHAPTER                          PAGE

        I WAITING FOR WORD              1

       II UNCLE DICK'S PLAN            10

      III DINING OUT                   19

       IV AT THE CROSSING              28

        V MRS. PEABODY WRITES          37

       VI THE POORHOUSE RAT            46

      VII BRAMBLE FARM                 55

     VIII BETTY MAKES UP HER MIND      64

       IX ONE ON BOB                   72

        X ROAD COURTESY                80

       XI A KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT        89

      XII BETTY DEFENDS HERSELF        96

     XIII FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIPTION  105

      XIV WINNING NEW FRIENDS         114

        X NURSE AND PATIENT           123

      XVI A MIDNIGHT CALL             132

     XVII AN OMINOUS QUARREL          141

    XVIII IN THE NAME OF DISCIPLINE   149

      XIX THE ESCAPE                  157

       XX STORMBOUND ON THE WAY       165

      XXI THE CHICKEN THIEVES         174

     XXII SPREADING THE NET           181

    XXIII IN AMIABLE CONFERENCE       188

     XXIV A NEW ACQUAINTANCE          197

      XXV THEIR MUTUAL SECRETS        204

BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM

CHAPTER I
WAITING FOR WORD

"I DO wish you'd wear a sunbonnet, Betty," said Mrs. Arnold, glancing
up from her ironing board as Betty Gordon came into the kitchen.
"You're getting old enough now to think a little about your complexion."
Betty's brown eyes laughed over the rim of the glass of water she had