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Boston
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

Published, August, 1913

Copyright, 1913, by
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

All Rights Reserved

THE GIRL FROM ARIZONA

Norwood Press
Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass.
U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I MAKING THE BEST OF THINGS 1
II THE COMING OF UNDINE 13
III TRYING TO REMEMBER 29
IV A VISITOR FROM THE EAST 43
V UNCLE HENRY'S PROPOSITION 58
VI THE LAST EVENING 70
VII MARJORIE WRITES LETTERS 81
VIII AUNT JULIA AND ELSIE 91
IX MARJORIE TAKES A MORNING WALK 110
X NEW FRIENDS AND NEW FASHIONS 127
XI MARJORIE ENGAGES IN BATTLE 137
XII A MOTOR RIDE AND A FOOTBALL GAME 155
XIII MARJORIE SURPRISES HER RELATIVES 170
XIV THE POETRY CLUB 182
XV ELSIE TRIUMPHS 197
XVI THE THINGS THAT HURT 216
XVII BEVERLY SINGS "MANDALAY" 236
XVIII IN THE SUNNY SOUTH 254
XIX A VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS 266
XX MARJORIE SEES A PHOTOGRAPH 275
XXI UNDINE REMEMBERS 290
XXII UNDINE TELLS HER STORY 306
XXIII BREAKING THE NEWS 317
XXIV MARJORIE HAS HER WISH 331
XXV ELSIE REDEEMS HERSELF 341

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Aren't you going to be friends with me?" (Page 225) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
"Where in the world did you come from?" 20

With one quick movement she seized the whip handle 146

"Oh, Mother dear, I'm so sorry!" 244

"Land sakes, Missy! What is it?" 284

"It takes a lot of pluck to get up and say a thing like that" 354

THE GIRL FROM ARIZONA

CHAPTER I

MAKING THE BEST OF THINGS

"MARJORIE."

The clear call rang out, breaking the afternoon stillness of the ranch,
but there was no response, and after waiting