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MISS BILLY


[Illustration: "That wasn't the way it happened," said a clear voice
above them. (_See page 67._)]




MISS BILLY

A NEIGHBORHOOD STORY


[Illustration]


_By_ EDITH KEELEY STOKELY _And_ MARIAN KENT HURD

_ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES COPELAND_


  BOSTON [symbol] LOTHROP
  PUBLISHING COMPANY


Published, April, 1905


  COPYRIGHT, 1905,
  BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD COMPANY


_All Rights Reserved_


MISS BILLY


  NORWOOD PRESS
  BERWICK & SMITH CO.
  NORWOOD, MASS.
  U.S.A.




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                         PAGE

  I. NO. 12 CHERRY STREET                                            1

  II. MISS BILLY                                                     8

  III. WAYS AND MEANS 