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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 |