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Rena's experiment

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Rena's experiment by Mary Jane Holmes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74886.

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  1. Chapter I 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Farm-House 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Reginald and Tom 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Burdicks 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Confidences and Communings 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX COLIN McPHERSON’S CALL 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Dinner-Party 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Drifting 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Tom and Rena at the Well 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Rex and Irene 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Rex and Colin 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Letter 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Rex and Sam 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Trained Nurse 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Rex and Rena 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX In the Sick-Room 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Rex’s Experiment 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Irene 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Conclusion 73 readings five lines each Open chapter

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