Chapter I: Front Matter

ROSE O' PARADISE

BY

GRACE MILLER WHITE

AUTHOR OF

TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY, ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

W. J. SHETTSLINE

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY

THE H. K. FLY COMPANY

I lovingly dedicate this book

to

Rose and Will Scott

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
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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