Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance - The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners by Janet D. Wheeler
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"Well, of all--Say, old man, you've got to go," and he turned to Chet
pleadingly. "What sort of a party do you think this is going to be anyway, with Billie at Three Towers Hall and you back here in North Bend? It's not fair." "Not fair," flared Billie. "You don't suppose I'd go to Three Towers and leave Chet here, do you?" "Then you're not going either?" cried Ferd, seeing all his castles in the air coming down about his ears with a crash. Billie shook her head unhappily. "No, I'm not going either," she said. CHAPTER VI DEBBIE DESERTS Billy Bradley really tried to be cheerful in the days that followed, but try as she would she could not altogether keep out the vision of Three Towers Hall, the boarding school to which she had wanted to go ever since--well, almost since she had wanted anything. Laura and Violet would go without her. They would have to go, even in spite of their loyal determination not to. Their parents would have |
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