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“DONALD PULLED IN MACDUFF, AND
YELLED TO CARVER TO JUMP”
VIRGINIA OF
ELK CREEK VALLEY
By MARY ELLEN CHASE
AUTHOR OF
“The Girl from the Big Horn Country,” etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers
New York
Published by arrangement with The Page Company
Printed in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1917
BY THE PAGE COMPANY
All rights reserved
Made in U. S. A.
TO
My Mother
A REAL ONE
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Joy of Anticipation | [1] |
| II. | The Arrival | [11] |
| III. | The Getting-Acquainted Trip | [23] |
| IV. | The Bear Canyon Bear | [33] |
| V. | Jean Macdonald—Homesteader | [49] |
| VI. | Miss Green Again | [68] |
| VII. | The Vigilantes Homestead | [88] |
| VIII. | Aunt Deborah Hunter—Pioneer | [109] |
| IX. | Mr. Crusoe of Cripple Creek | [126] |
| X. | A Letter from Dorothy | [146] |
| XI. | “Ever Vigilant” | [161] |
| XII. | The Roman Emperor | [180] |
| XIII. | On the Mesa | [198] |
| XIV. | The New School-teacher in Bear Canyon | [202] |
| XV. | Mr. Benjamin Jarvis Entertains | [216] |
| XVI. | The Cinnamon Creek Forest Ranger | [237] |
| XVII. | The Winthrop Coat-of-Arms | [251] |
| XVIII. | A Good Sport | [262] |
| XIX. | Carver Standish III Fits In | [277] |
| XX. | Comrades | [286] |
VIRGINIA
OF
ELK CREEK VALLEY