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Title: Rose O'Paradise

Author: Grace Miller White

Release Date: March 31, 2009 [EBook #28462]

Language: English

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[Illustration: VIRGINA LEFT THE FARMHOUSE, CARRYING HER FIDDLE AND THE
PAIL OF CATS, AND THE BLIZZARD SWALLOWED HER UP.]

ROSE O' PARADISE

BY

GRACE MILLER WHITE

AUTHOR OF

TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY, ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

W. J. SHETTSLINE

[Illustration]

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY

THE H. K. FLY COMPANY

I lovingly dedicate this book

to

Rose and Will Scott

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Father and Daughter 9
II. A White Presence 28
III. Jinnie's Farewell to Molly the Merry 35
IV. Jinnie Travels 42
V. Like Unto Like Attracted 49
VI. Peg's Bark 57
VII. Just a Jew 62
VIII. "Every Hand Shall Do Its Share," Quoth Peg. 70
IX. By the Sweat of Her Brow 79
X. On the Broad Bosom of the "Happy in Spite" 83
XI. What Happened to Jinnie 89
XII. Watching 95
XIII. What Jinnie Found on the Hill 98
XIV. "He's Come to Live With Us, Peggy" 105
XV. "Who Says the Kid Can't Stay?" 110
XVI. Jinnie's Ear Gets a Tweak 116
XVII. Jinnie Discovers Her King's Throne 122
XVIII. Red Roses and Yellow