CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Father and Daughter [9]
II.A White Presence [28]
III.Jinnie’s Farewell to Molly the Merry [35]
IV.Jinnie Travels [42]
V.Like Unto Like Attracted [49]
VI.Peg’s Bark [57]
VII.Just a Jew [62]
VIII.“Every Hand Shall Do Its Share,” Quoth Peg. [70]
IX.By the Sweat of Her Brow [79]
X.On the Broad Bosom of the “Happy in Spite” [83]
XI.What Happened to Jinnie [89]
XII.Watching [95]
XIII.What Jinnie Found on the Hill [98]
XIV.“He’s Come to Live With Us, Peggy” [105]
XV.“Who Says the Kid Can’t Stay?” [110]
XVI.Jinnie’s Ear Gets a Tweak [116]
XVII.Jinnie Discovers Her King’s Throne [122]
XVIII.Red Roses and Yellow [129]
XIX.The Little Fiddler [136]
XX.The Cobbler’s Secret [145]
XXI.The Coming of the Angels [152]
XXII.Molly’s Discovery [163]
XXIII.Nobody’s Cat [171]
XXIV.“He Might Even Marry Her” [179]
XXV.When Theodore Forgot [185]
XXVI.Molly Asks to Be Forgiven [192]
XXVII.“Haven’t You Any Soul?” [196]
XXVIII.Jinnie Decides Against Theodore [201]
XXIX.Peg’s Visit [207]
XXX.What the Fiddle Told Theodore [214]
XXXI.What Theodore Told His Friend [221]
XXXII.Jordan Morse’s Plan [227]
XXXIII.The Murder [233]
XXXIV.The Cobbler’s Arrest [240]
XXXV.Alone in the Shop [248]
XXXVI.Jinnie Explains the Death Chair to Bobbie [253]
XXXVII.What the Thunder Storm Brought [262]
XXXVIII.The Story of a Bird [268]
XXXIX.Jinnie’s Visit to Theodore [274]
XL.An Appeal to Jinnie’s Heart [281]
XLI.Jinnie’s Plea [285]
XLII.Bobbie Takes a Trip [294]
XLIII.Theodore Sends for Molly [299]
XLIV.Molly Gives an Order to Jinnie [304]
XLV.Writing a Letter to Theodore [309]
XLVI.“Bust ’Em Out” [316]
XLVII.Bobbie’s Stars Renew Their Shining [327]
XLVIII.For Bobbie’s Sake [334]
XLIX.Back Home [341]
L.“God Made You Mine” [346]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Virgina left the farmhouse, carrying her fiddle and the pail of cats, and the blizzard swallowed her up.[Frontispiece]
“I guess they won’t eat much, because Milly Ann catches all kind of live things. I don’t like her to do that, but I heard she was born that way and can’t help it.”[56]
“You needn’t feel so glad nor look as if you was goin’ to tumble over. It ain’t no credit to anyone them curtains was on the shelf waitin’ to be cut up in a dress for you to fiddle in.”[136]
“Play for me,” Theodore said. “Stand by that big tree so I can look at you.”[216]

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ROSE O’ PARADISE