THE SHOP GIRL
BY
C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
1914, 1916, by C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON
CHAPTER I THE DRYAD DOOR
CHAPTER II BALM OF GILEAD
CHAPTER III AN ILL WIND
CHAPTER IV THE KINDNESS OF MISS ROLLS
CHAPTER V SCENES FOR A "MOVIE"
CHAPTER VI THE HANDS WITH THE RINGS
CHAPTER VII THE TWO PETERS
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CHAPTER IX THE TEST OF CHARACTER
CHAPTER X PETER ROLLS'S LITTLE WAYS
CHAPTER XI DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST
CHAPTER XII BLUE PETER
CHAPTER XIII ONE MAN AND ANOTHER
CHAPTER XIV FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS
CHAPTER XV THE LADY IN THE MOON
CHAPTER XVI THE SEED ENA PLANTED
CHAPTER XVII TOYLAND
CHAPTER XVIII THE BIG BLUFF
CHAPTER XIX "YES" TO ANYTHING
CHAPTER XX THE CLOSED HOUSE
CHAPTER XXI THE TELEPHONE
CHAPTER XXII THE FRAGRANCE OF FRESIAS
CHAPTER XXIII MOTHER
CHAPTER XXIV THINGS EXPLODING
CHAPTER XXV A PIECE OF HER MIND
CHAPTER XXVI WHEN THE SECRET CAME OUT
CHAPTER XXVII THE BATTLE
THE SHOP GIRL
THE DRYAD DOOR
It was a horrible day at sea, horrible even on board the new andsplendid Monarchic. All the prettiest people had disappeared fromthe huge dining-saloon. They had turned green, and then faded away,one by one or in hurried groups; and now the very thought of music atmeals made them sick, in ragtime.
Peter Rolls was never sick in any time or in any weather, which washis one disagreeable, superior-to-others trick. Most of his qualitieswere likable, and he was likable, though a queer fellow in some ways,said his best friends—the ones who called him "Petro." When the shipplayed that she was a hobby-horse or a crab (if that is the creaturewhich shares with elderly Germans a specialty for walking from side toside), also a kangaroo, and occasionally a boomerang, Peter Rolls didnot mind.
He was sorry for the men and girls he knew, including his sister, whola