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Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation

L. Frank Baum

When John Merrick's nieces grow bored during their upstate New York vacation, they decide to launch a newspaper in the small town of Millville.

"Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation" by L. Frank Baum is a novel. When John Merrick's nieces grow bored during their upstate New York vacation, they decide to launch a newspaper in the small town of Millville.

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Mr. Judkins, the station agent at Chazy Junction, came out of his little house at daybreak, shivered a bit in the chill morning air and gave an involuntary start as he saw a private car on the sidetrack. There were two private cars, to be exact—a sleeper and a baggage car—and Mr. Judkins knew the three o'clock train must have left them as it passed through.

"Ah," said he aloud; "the nabobs hev arrove."

"Who are the nabobs?" asked a quiet voice beside him.

Again Mr. Judkins started; he even stepped back a pace to get a better view of the stranger, who had approached so stealthily through the dim light that the agent was unaware of his existence until he spoke.

"Who be you?" he demanded, eyeing the man suspiciously.

"Never mind who I am," retorted the other in a grumpy tone; "the original question is 'who are the nabobs?'"

"See here, young feller; this ain't no place fer tramps," observed Mr. Judkins, frowning with evident displeasure; "Chazy Junction's got all it kin do to support its reg'lar inhabitants. You'll hev to move on."

Contents

  1. 01Chapter
  2. 02Chapter I
  3. 03The Hobo at Chazy Junction
  4. 04Chapter II
  5. 05The Invasion of Millville
  6. 06Chapter III
  7. 07The Dawn of a Great Enterprise
  8. 08Chapter IV
  9. 09The Way Into Print
  10. 10Chapter V
  11. 11Dividing the Responsibility
  12. 12Chapter VI
  13. 13Mr. Skeelty of the Mill
  14. 14Chapter VII
  15. 15The Sketch Artist
  16. 16Chapter VIII
  17. 17The Millville Daily Tribune
  18. 18Chapter IX
  19. 19Trouble
  20. 20Chapter X
  21. 21Thursday Smith
  22. 22Chapter XI
  23. 23The Honer'ble Ojoy Boglin
  24. 24Chapter XII
  25. 25Molly Sizer's Party
  26. 26Chapter XIII
  27. 27Bob West Interferes
  28. 28Chapter XIV
  29. 29The Danger Signal
  30. 30Chapter XV
  31. 31A Clever Idea
  32. 32Chapter XVI
  33. 33Local Contribution
  34. 34Chapter XVII
  35. 35The Penalties of Journalism
  36. 36Chapter XVIII
  37. 37Open Warfare
  38. 38Chapter XIX
  39. 39A Mere Matter of Revenge
  40. 40Chapter XX
  41. 41Defending the Press
  42. 42Chapter XXI
  43. 43The Coming of Fogerty
  44. 44Chapter XXII
  45. 45Unmasked
  46. 46Chapter XXIII
  47. 47The Journalists Abdicate
  48. 48Chapter XXIV
  49. 49A Cheerful Blunder

About this edition

Author
L. Frank Baum
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
202 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers