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Title: Rosemary in Search of a Father

Author: C. N. Williamson
A. M. Williamson

Illustrator: William Hatherell

Release Date: January 9, 2010 [EBook #30907]

Language: English

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[Illustration: _Evelyn and Rosemary climbed hand in hand, while Hugh
carried the two huge baskets_]

ROSEMARY
IN SEARCH
OF A
FATHER

BY
C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON

NEW YORK

McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMVII

_Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips & Co._

_The illustrations in the book are by William Hatherell
and the decorations by Thomas Maitland Cleland_

_To Minda_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE WHITE GIRL ON THE TERRACE:
THE ROSE GIRL AT THE CASINO 3

II. THE ROSE GIRL'S LITTLE STORY, AND
GREAT EYES 21

III. WHEN THE CURTAIN WAS DOWN 40

IV. DOGS AND FATHERS 48

V. ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHER 62

VI. FAIRY FATHERS MUST VANISH 78

VII. THE WHITE FIGURE AT THE DOOR 94

VIII. WHEN A MAN GOES SHOPPING 108

IX. THE LAST WORD OF MADEMOISELLE 128

ILLUSTRATIONS

EVELYN AND ROSEMARY CLIMBED HAND
IN HAND, WHILE HUGH CARRIED TWO
HUGE BASKETS _Frontispiece_

PAGE

HE TOOK OFF HALF, AND WAS LEAVING
THE REST TO RUN, WHEN A VOICE CLOSE
TO HIS SHOULDER, SAID, "OH, DO TAKE
IT ALL OFF" 12

WITH A CRASH OF MACHINERY HE BROUGHT
THE BIG BLUE CAR TO A STOP 70

HE CRUSHED THEM IN HIS, THEN BENT
HIS HEAD AND KISSED THEM 102

THEY CAME NEARER, NEAR ENOUGH FOR
MADEMOISELLE TO RECOGN