Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE GIRL FROM ARIZONA

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BOOKS BY NINA RHOADES

MARION'S VACATION. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25
DOROTHY BROWN. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50
VICTORINE'S BOOK. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25

FOR YOUNGER READERS

"THE BRICK HOUSE BOOKS"

The sight of the brick house on the cover makes girl readers happy at once.--_Indianapolis News._

Illustrated. Large 12mo. Cloth. $1.00 each

ONLY DOLLIE
THE LITTLE GIRL NEXT DOOR
WINIFRED'S NEIGHBORS
THE CHILDREN ON THE TOP FLOOR
HOW BARBARA KEPT HER PROMISE
LITTLE MISS ROSAMOND
PRISCILLA OF THE DOLL SHOP
BRAVE LITTLE PEGGY
THE OTHER SYLVIA
MAISIE'S MERRY CHRISTMAS
LITTLE QUEEN ESTHER

LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
BOSTON

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THE GIRL FROM ARIZONA

by

NINA RHOADES

Author of The "Brick House Books," "Marion's Vacation," "Dorothy Brown," Etc.

Illustrated by Elizabeth Withington

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