BOSTON L. C. PAGE &
COMPANY PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1913
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
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All rights reserved
First Impression, April, 1913
Second Impression, January, 1914
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Aunt Sophronia[1]
II.Plans for Texas[12]
III.The Coming of Genevieve[28]
IV.On the Way[44]
V.The Boys Prepare a Welcome[61]
VI.Cordelia Sees a Cowboy[72]
VII.The Ranch House[86]
VIII.The Mistress of the Six Star Ranch[99]
IX.Reddy and the Broncho[110]
X.Cordelia Goes To Church[121]
XI.Quentina[137]
XII.The Opening of a Barrel[157]
XIII.The Prairie—and Moonlight[171]
XIV.A Man and a Mystery[185]
XV.The Alamo[201]
XVI.Tilly Crosses Bridges[215]
XVII."Bertha's Accident"[225]
XVIII.The Golden Hours[235]
XIX.Hermit Joe[248]
XX.The New Boy[260]
XXI.Genevieve Learns Something Not In Books[278]
XXII.A Texas "Missionary"[296]
XXIII.Genevieve Goes to Boston[307]
XXIV.A Brown Dress for Elsie[324]
XXV."When Sunbridge Went to Texas"[339]
XXVI.A Good-by Party[349]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"Reddy was right there every time" ([See page 113])[Frontispiece]
"A tall, slender girl . . . appeared at a car door"[30]
"'Follow me—quick!' he ordered"[181]
"'There, now—look!' she added"[207]
"'How do you do, Mr. Oliver Holmes,' she began"[265]
"It would be something of a walk, the woman said, as she gave directions"[320]