CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I. Dixie] 11 [II. New Teacher] 21 [III. Neighborhood Gossip] 27 [IV. Getting Acquainted] 38 [V. The Woodford Schoolhouse] 46 [VI. Ken’s Secret Sorrow] 56 [VII. The Blessing Undisguised] 66 [VIII. A Queer Bank] 72 [IX. The “Charity Barrel”] 76 [X. Carol’s Choice] 86 [XI. Planning a Way Out] 91 [XII. Carol’s New Home] 96 [XIII. Carol in Disgrace] 103 [XIV. The Little Runaway] 109 [XV. A Happy Reunion] 119 [XVI. A Joyous Dixie] 124 [XVII. A Defiant Teacher] 133 [XVIII. The Sheep-King Dictates] 140 [XIX. Dixie Goes Shopping] 146 [XX. Dixie Buys a Silk Dress] 157 [XXI. Dixie Visits a Friend] 162 [XXII. Teacher Revolutionizes] 166 [XXIII. The Return of Topsy] 175 [XXIV. Dixie’s Lesson in Dressmaking] 180 [XXV. Where the Trail Led] 191 [XXVI. Ken’s Quest] 196 [XXVII. Celebrating] 205 [XXVIII. On the Trail of a “Bandit”] 209 [XXIX. Ken’s Old Friend] 222 [XXX. “Rattlesnake Sam”] 232 [XXXI. An Unwelcome Guest] 238 [XXXII. A Hard Game] 248 [XXXIII. Rude Little Sylvia] 256 [XXXIV. The Young Engineer Dreams] 263 [XXXV. The Pretend Game] 269 [XXXVI. Ken’s Talk With Teacher] 283 [XXXVII. Carol’s Birthday S’prise] 288 [XXXVIII. The Expected Blizzard] 302 [XXXIX. A Happy Father] 312 [XL. A Mystery Solved] 319 [XLI. A Resolution Broken] 328 [XLII. An Eventful Spring] 337 [XLIII. The Unexpected Guest] 347 [XLIV. Clearing Up Mysteries] 353