A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST
page: [iv][View Page [iv]]BOOKS BY
GENE STRATTON-PORTER
- The Song of the Cardinal
- Freckles
- What I have Done With Birds
- At the Foot of the Rainbow
- A Girl of the Limberlost
- Birds of the Bible
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page: [v][View Page [v]]"Elnora Knelt and slipping her fingers through the leaves and grasses to the roots, gathered a few violets and gave them to Philip"
A Girl
of
The Limberlost
ByGene Stratton Porter
Illustrations byWladyslaw T. Benda
New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1909
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHED, AUGUST,
1909
CONTENTS
- I. Wherein Elnora Goes to High School, and Learns Many Lessons not Found in Her Books 3
- II. Wherein Wesley and Margaret Go Shopping, and Elnora's Wardrobe Is Replenished 27
- III. Wherein Elnora Visits the Bird Woman, and Opens a Bank Account 40
- IV. Wherein the Sintons Are Disappointed, and Mrs. Comstock Learns that She Can Laugh 54
- V. Wherein Elnora Receives a Warning and Billy Appears on the Scene 84
- VI. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Indulges in "Frills," and Billy Reappears 101
- VII. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Manipulates Margaret, and Billy Acquires a Residence 124
- VIII. Wherein the Limberlost Tempts Elnora, and Billy Buries His Father 158
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- IX. Wherein Elnora Discovers a Violin, and Billy Disciplines Margaret 167
- X. Wherein Elnora Has More Financial Troubles, and Mrs. Comstock Again Hears the Song of the Limberlost 185
- XI. Wherein Elnora Graduates, and Freckles and the Angel Send Gifts 209
- XII. Wherein Margaret Sinton Reveals a Secret, and Mrs. Comstock Possesses the Limberlost 229
- XIII. Wherein Mother Love Is Bestowed on Elnora, and She Finds an Assistant in Moth Hunting 261
- XIV. Wherein a New Position Is Tendered Elnora, and Philip Ammon Is Shown Limberlost Violets 281
- XV. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Faces the Almighty, and Philip Ammon Writes a Letter 296
- XVI. Wherein the Limberlost Sings for Ammon, and the Talking Trees Tell Great Secrets 314
- XVII. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Dances in the Moonlight, and Elnora Makes a Confession 328
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- XVIII. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Experiments with Rejuvenation, and Elnora Teaches Natural History 347
- XIX. Wherein Philip Ammon Gives a Ball in Honour of Edith Carr, and Hart Henderson Appears on the Scene 360
- XX. Wherein the Elder Ammon Offers Advice, and Edith Carr Experiences Regrets 377
- XXI. Wherein Philip Ammon Returns to the Limberlost, and Elnora Studies the Situation 388
- XXII. Wherein Philip Ammon Kneels to the Queen of Love, and Chicago Comes to the Limberlost 408
- XXIII. Wherein Elnora Reaches a Decision, and Freckles and the Angel Appear 430
- XXIV. Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle, and Hart Henderson Stands Guard 445
- XXV. Wherein Philip Finds Elnora, and Edith Carr Offers a Yellow Emperor 460
ILLUSTRATIONS
- "Elnora knelt, and, slipping her fingers through the leaves and grasses to the roots, gathered a few violets and gave them to Philip" Frontispiece
- "'If you had known about wonders like these in the days of your youth, Robert Comstock, could you ever have done the thing you did?'" 304
- "With her lips near Elnora's ear, Polly whispered, 'Sister! Dear, dear sister!'" 416
- "'Edith, what did you say to Miss Comstock, that made her run away from Phil?'" 448
CHARACTERS
- ELNORA, who collects moths to pay for her education, and lives the Golden Rule.
- PHILIP AMMON, who assists in moth hunting, and gains a new conception of love.
- MRS. COMSTOCK, who lost a delusion and found a treasure.
- WESLEY SINTON, who always did his best.
- MARGRAET SINTON, who "mothers" Elnora
- BILLY, a boy from real life.
- EDITH CARR, who discovers herself.
- HART HENDERSON, to whom love means all things.
- POLLY AMMON, who pays an old score.
- TOM LEVERING, engaged to Polly.
- TREENCE O'MORE, Freckles grown tall.
- MRS. O'MORE, who remained the Angel.
- TERRENCE, ALICE and LITTELE BROTHER, the O'MORE children.
