THE

GIRL NEXT DOOR

Marcia turned to stare out of the window at the house opposite

THE

GIRL NEXT DOOR

BY

AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

Author of "The Sapphire Signet," "The

Boarded-Up House," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

C. M. RELYEA

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

Copyright, 1917, by

The Century Co.

TO

HOA-SIAN-SI^N-NÎU

(Margaret Gillespie Fagg)

AND TO THE MEMORY OF

HOA-SIAN-SI^N

(John Gerardus Fagg, D.D.)

THIS BOOK IS

AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED

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