Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE GIRLS OF HILLCREST FARM

Or

The Secret of the Rocks

by

AMY BELL MARLOWE

Author of The Oldest of Four, A Little Miss Nobody, The Girl from Sunset Ranch, Etc.

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1914, by Grosset & Dunlap

_The Girls of Hillcrest Farm_

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. EVERYTHING AT ONCE! 1
II. AUNT JANE PROPOSES 10
III. THE DOCTOR DISPOSES 24
IV. THE PILGRIMAGE 37
V. LUCAS PRITCHETT 51
VI. NEIGHBORS 61
VII. HILLCREST 73
VIII. THE WHISPER IN THE DARK 85
IX. MORNING AT HILLCREST 96
X. THE VENTURE 109
XI. AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE 126
XII. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER 134
XIII. LYDDY DOESN'T WANT IT 144
XIV. THE COLESWORTHS 161
XV. ANOTHER BOARDER 171
XVI. THE BALL KEEPS ROLLING 184
XVII. THE RUNAWAY GRANDMOTHER 192
XVIII. THE QUEER BOARDER 199
XIX. WIDOW HARRISON'S TROUBLES 208
XX. THE TEMPERANCE CLUB AGAIN 216
XXI. CAUGHT 224
XXII. THE HIDDEN TREASURE 236
XXIII. THE VENDUE 248
XXIV. PROFESSOR SPINK'S BOTTLES 258
XXV. IN THE OLD DOCTOR'S OFFICE 269
XXVI. A BLOW-UP 276
XXVII. THEY LOSE A BOARDER 283
XXVIII. THE SECRET REVEALED 289
XXIX. AN AUTOMOBILE RACE 298
XXX. THE HILLCREST COMPANY, LIMITED 303

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