OTHY DAINTY SERIES," "THE RANDY
BOOKS," "THE PRUE BOOKS," AND
"A JOLLY CAT TALE"

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR_

[Illustration]

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

DOROTHY DAINTY
TRADE-MARK
Registered in U. S. Patent Office

Published, August, 1911

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

_All Rights Reserved_

DOROTHY DAINTY AT THE MOUNTAINS

Norwood Press
Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. AT THE CLEVERTON 1

II. A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE 21

III. AN ENTERTAINMENT 42

IV. IN A BIRCH ARBOR 62

V. THE MOUNTAIN PARTY 81

VI. THE ECHO CAPTURED 101

VII. FLORETTA'S RETURN 122

VIII. AT THE FAIR 141

IX. FLOSSIE'S LETTER 162

X. A GIFT OF WILDFLOWERS 182

XI. ARABELLA MAKES A CALL 201

XII. A SERENADE 222

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Here! Here!" cried Dorothy, and echo answered,
"Here,--ere!" (_Page 4_) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Often she looked back, as she sped over the road 32

"Oh, what a lovely, _lovely_ story!" said Dorothy 66

With feet and hands she strove to loosen the tough,
wiry vines 120

She took a few tripping steps, smiling at her
reflection 176

She offered two cards to Floretta 210

DOROTHY DAINTY AT THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER I

AT THE CLEVERTON

THE great hotel on the crest of the hill was bathed in sunlight that
poured from a rift in the clouds, as if sent for the sole purpose of
showing the grand portico, the broad piazza, and the flag that floated
gracefully on the summer breeze.

Its many windows seemed to be looking across the valley to opposite
mountain peaks, and one could easily imagine that its wide, open
doorway, smiled genially as if offering a welcome to all arriving
guests.

Two little girls ran across the lawn, the one with flaxen curls, the
other with sunny brown ringlets.

The fair-haired little girl had eyes as blue as the blue blossoms that
she