[
 {
  "chunk": 246,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Torchy meets his old newspaper boss on Broadway and boasts that he is an 'office-boy-de-luxe' at the Corrugated Trust; the old boss is plainly disappointed he has not climbed higher, but Torchy likes his bosses and has a mine deal pending with Mr. Robert.",
  "predicament": "Someone still near the bottom meets a former boss who expected more of him, and has to justify staying put."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 247,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Torchy admits he is slow at courting Vee and gets teased about it; her aunt has flatly told him his visits are unwelcome and that he is not to come back.",
  "predicament": "A young man calls on the girl he is courting and her guardian tells him plainly never to come again."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 248,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "The aunt whisks Vee off on a long winter voyage, which Torchy learns of only after the ship has sailed; now they are back, and after two weeks he still has found no way to see her.",
  "predicament": "A young man whose sweetheart was taken far away by her guardian cannot find any way to see her again."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 249,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Dressed up, Torchy goes to the apartment with a plan to lure Vee out by posing as a messenger from the aunt's favoured suitor, but two other young callers arrive with him and the maid shows all three straight in.",
  "predicament": "Someone banned from a house plans a ruse to reach the girl inside, and gets swept in openly with other callers."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 250,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "A gushing Southern relative sweeps in and hails the young men as knights come to woo the 'Princess'; Torchy spots Vee surrounded by admirers and sees with relief that the aunt is not there.",
  "predicament": "A banned suitor slips into a gathering of admirers and nervously checks that the guardian who forbade him is absent."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 251,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Asked his name, Torchy stalls, and Vee rescues him by calling him an old friend; he takes the alias 'Claude', while the aunt's favoured suitor, whom Torchy once humiliated at a dance, glowers at him.",
  "predicament": "Someone who is not supposed to be there is asked his name, and the girl covers for him while a rival glowers."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 252,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Vee whispers that the relative is a perennial belle who has decided to launch her into society; the belle keeps the young men competing to flatter Vee, who is bored and embarrassed by it.",
  "predicament": "A young man has to compete in a crowd of flatterers for the attention of a girl who plainly dislikes the fuss."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 253,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Several young men compete to book Vee for the same night; the relative turns it into a contest of chivalry, and Torchy tells her bluntly that Vee wants her to drop the 'Princess' nonsense.",
  "predicament": "When rivals all ask the same girl out for the same evening, a busybody turns their rivalry into a public game."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 254,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Vee refuses to set tasks, so the relative declares a tournament: each suitor must do something by eight o'clock to win Vee's company for the night; Torchy is dared into it and agrees without knowing what he will do.",
  "predicament": "Rivals for a girl are set a contest to please her by evening, and someone junior is dared into entering blind."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 255,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "The rivals rush off for candy and stolen orchids; Torchy hangs back, hides behind the hall door as everyone leaves, and is alone with Vee when she shuts it.",
  "predicament": "While rivals rush off to fetch grand gifts, one suitor simply stays behind and finds himself alone with the girl."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 256,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Vee teases him but invites him in; he tells her he had to see her whatever her aunt said, and they measure themselves in the mirror and find he has grown taller than her.",
  "predicament": "A young man who defied her guardian to come tells the girl he simply had to see her, and she softens."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 257,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "Holding her hand, Torchy notices she no longer wears the ring he gave her and is crestfallen, until she draws it out on a chain hidden round her neck.",
  "predicament": "A suitor fears the girl has given up his keepsake, and learns she has been secretly keeping it against her guardian's wishes."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 258,
  "story": 19,
  "summary": "The aunt walks in on them tussling on the sofa and demands an explanation; Torchy claims it is a new game, reminds her she never expected him back, and escapes past her.",
  "predicament": "A guardian catches the banned suitor alone with her charge, and he can only make a flip reply and leave quickly."
 }
]