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_Title:_ Natalie Page
_Date of first publication:_ 1921
_Author:_ Katharine Haviland Taylor (1888-1941)
_Date first posted:_ Apr. 23, 2019
_Date last updated:_ Apr. 23, 2019
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[Illustration]

NATALIE PAGE

BY
KATHARINE HAVILAND TAYLOR

AUTHOR OF
“YELLOW SOAP,” “TONY,” “STANLEY JOHNS’ WIFE,”
ETC.

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LIMITED LONDON

_Copyright, 1921, by_
_George W. Jacobs and Company._

MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
BILLING AND SONS, LTD., GUILDFORD AND ESHER

=DEDICATION=

TO

VERY DEAR “AUNT EVA”
(Mrs. O. F. HOFFMAN)

=Contents=

Chapter Page
I. HOW IT BEGAN 9
II. GOOD-BYES 22
III. MRS. CRANE’S STORY 31
IV. WHAT MARY ELINOR TOLD ME 47
V. NEW YORK AND MY NEW HOME 59
VI. THE SECOND BRACELET 73
VII. REAL EXCITEMENT 85
VIII. AGAIN AWAKE 99
IX. A STRANGE HAPPENING 106
X. WHAT MR. KEMPWOOD TOLD ME 119
XI. STRANGE NOISES ARE HEARD 131
XII. WHAT HAPPENED 152
XIII. BLUE MONDAY 164
XIV. EVELYN BLAMES ME 180
XV. WHAT OCCURRED 188
XVI. ALL SORTS OF BRUISES 198
XVII. WHO CAUGHT THE MOUSE-TRAP? 215
XVIII. HEART AFFAIRS 224
XIX. TWO SURPRISES 238
XX. CHRISTMAS FUN 255
XXI. S. K. FORCES MY CONFIDENCE 265
XXII. DETECTIVE WORK 278
XXIII. WAITING FOR THE HUMAN MOUSE 291
XXIV. WHAT MADE THE CHASE 304