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Nobody’s Rose

NORWOOD PRESS
BERWICK & SMITH CO.
NORWOOD, MASS.
U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
How Posey Came Adrift[11]
CHAPTER II
An Exposure[30]
CHAPTER III
The New Home[42]
CHAPTER IV
The New Life[54]
CHAPTER V
The Picnic[71]
CHAPTER VI
The Storm Breaks[85]
CHAPTER VII
A Desperate Resolve[93]
CHAPTER VIII
A New Acquaintance[108]
CHAPTER IX
Two Happy Travelers[123]
CHAPTER X
Ben’s Story[135]
CHAPTER XI
A Storm, and a Shelter[147]
CHAPTER XII
A Parting of Ways[162]
CHAPTER XIII
A Door Opens[173]
CHAPTER XIV
Posey Becomes Rose[185]
CHAPTER XV
At the Fifields’[195]
CHAPTER XVI
Under a Cloud[206]
CHAPTER XVII
Sunshine Again[219]
CHAPTER XVIII
Great-Uncle Samuel[236]
CHAPTER XIX
Rose Finds a Resting-Place[247]
CHAPTER XX
Paying Debts[257]
CHAPTER XXI
The Box from Great-Aunt Sarah[266]
CHAPTER XXII
Quiet Days[275]
CHAPTER XXIII
A Visit from an Old Friend[284]
CHAPTER XXIV
And College Next[294]

ILLUSTRATIONS

“Now I’m Rose, I’m nobody’s Rose!” (Page 270)[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Out of the door of the cabinet a white, shadowy little figure had lightly floated[32]
It was an hour that Posey never forgot[76]
“When I get a farm I shall need somebody to keep the house”[144]
“Here is a clue to Rose’s family”[216]
“Clear Jarvis and no mistake”[238]

NOBODY’S ROSE

CHAPTER I
HOW POSEY CAME ADRIFT