XIII. Little Urania

XIV. The Runaway

XV. A Spell of the "Glumps"

XVI. Dorothy in Buffalo

XVII. At the Play

XVIII. Behind the Scenes

XIX. The Clue

XX. Dorothy and the Manager

XXI. Adrift in a Strange City

XXII. In Dire Distress

XXIII. The Secret—Conclusion

DOROTHY DALE’S GREAT SECRET

CHAPTER I AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE

AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE

“There is one thing perfectly delightful about boarding schools,” declared Tavia, “when the term closes we can go away, and leave it in another world. Now, at Dalton, we would have to see the old schoolhouse every time we went to Daly’s for a pound of butter, a loaf of bread—and oh, yes! I almost forgot! Mom said we could get some bologna. Whew! Don’t your mouth water, Dorothy? We always did get good bologna at Daly’s!”

“Bologna!” echoed Dorothy. “As if the young ladies of Glenwood School would disgrace their appetites with such vulgar fare!”

At this she snatched up an empty cracker box, almost devouring its parifine paper, in hopes of finding a few more crumbs, although Tavia had poured the last morsels of the wafers down her own throat the night before this conversation took place. Yes, Tavia had even made a funnel of the paper and “took” the powdered biscuits as doctors administer headache remedies.

“All the same,” went on Tavia, “I distinctly 

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