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“Rode down the hill into the valley.”
THE GIRL FROM THE BIG HORN COUNTRY
By
MARY ELLEN CHASE
Illustrated by
R. FARRINGTON ELWELL
THE PAGE COMPANY
BOSTON—MDCCCCXVI
Copyright, 1916,
by the Page Company
All rights reserved
First Impression, January, 1916
Second Impression, March, 1916
Third Impression, May, 1916
Fourth Impression, June, 1916
Fifth Impression, August, 1916
PRESSWORK BY
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY, BOSTON, U. S. A.
TO THE MEMORY
OF MY FATHER
WHO, PERHAPS, KNOWS, AND IS GLAD
CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I—VIRGINIA'S COUNTRY]
[CHAPTER II—THE LAST NIGHT AT HOME]
[CHAPTER III—THE JOURNEY EAST]
[CHAPTER IV—VERMONT AS VIRGINIA SAW IT]
[CHAPTER V—THE "BROADENING EXPERIENCE" BEGINS]
[CHAPTER VI—ST. HELEN'S AND THE HERMITAGE]
[CHAPTER VII—"PERTAINING ESPECIALLY TO DECORUM"]
[CHAPTER VIII—THE LAST STRAW]
[CHAPTER IX—THE THANKSGIVING ORATION OF LUCILE DU BOSE]
[CHAPTER X—THANKSGIVING AND MISS WALLACE]
[CHAPTER XI—THE DISCIPLINING OF MISS VAN RENSAELAR]
[CHAPTER XII—THE VIGILANTES]
[CHAPTER XIII—THE TEST OF CARVER STANDISH III]
[CHAPTER XIV—WYOMING HOSPITALITY.]
[CHAPTER XV—VESPER SERVICE]
[CHAPTER XVI—A SPRING-TIME ROMANCE]
[CHAPTER XVII—THE VIGILANTES INITIATE]
[CHAPTER XVIII—THE HEART-BROKEN MISS WALLACE]
[CHAPTER XIX—THE SENIOR PAGEANT]
[CHAPTER XX—THE VIGILANTES’ LAST MEETING]
[CHAPTER XXI—HOME ONCE MORE]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[“Rode down the hill into the valley.”]
[“Forded the creek in a mad splash of water.”]
[“Jim, scorning assistance, had risen from his chair and stood facing his audience.”]
[“Some rods ahead, Virginia espied a lone figure in a gray shawl.”]
[“Virginia knelt by the altar rail.”]
[“She sat her horse like a knight of old.”]
[“The road lay at the very base of the green foot-hills.”]