Rose of Dutcher's Coolly
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Garland Hamlin. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly
CHAPTER I. HER CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II. CHILD-LIFE, PAGAN FREE
CHAPTER III. DANGEROUS DAYS
CHAPTER IV. AN OPENING CLOVER-BLOOM
CHAPTER V. HER FIRST PERIL
CHAPTER VI. HER FIRST IDEAL
CHAPTER VII. ROSE MEETS DR. THATCHER
CHAPTER VIII. LEAVING HOME
CHAPTER IX. ROSE ENTERS MADISON
CHAPTER X. QUIET YEARS OF GROWTH
CHAPTER XI. STUDY OF THE STARS
CHAPTER XII. THE GATES OPEN WIDE
CHAPTER XIII. THE WOMAN'S PART
CHAPTER XIV. AGAIN THE QUESTION OF HOME-LEAVING
CHAPTER XV. CHICAGO
CHAPTER XVI. HER FIRST CONQUEST
CHAPTER XVII. HER FIRST DINNER OUT
CHAPTER XVIII. MASON TALKS ON MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XIX. ROSE SITS IN THE BLAZE OF A THOUSAND EYES
CHAPTER XX. ROSE SETS FACE TOWARD THE OPEN ROAD
CHAPTER XXI. MASON TALKS AGAIN
CHAPTER XXII. SOCIAL QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XXIII. A STORM AND A HELMSMAN
CHAPTER XXIV. MASON TAKES A VACATION
CHAPTER XXV. ROSE RECEIVES A LETTER
CHAPTER XXVI. MASON AS A LOVER
CONCLUSION. THE WIND IN THE TREETOPS
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She helped the boys snare gophers, on the way to school, and played house with the girls on the shady side of the school-house, and once, while the teacher was absent at noon, Rose proposed that a fire be built to heat the tea for the dolls.
She it was who constructed the stove out of thin bricks, and set a fire going in it in the corner of the boy's entry-way, and only the passing of a farmer saved the building from disaster.
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They were settled at last and ready to enjoy all that came. Two or three volunteered to say: "This is great! the best place to see 'em come in." Then they passed the peanut bag in reckless liberality.
Rose sat in a dream of delight as the band began to play. It was an ambitious band and played operatic selections with modulations, and it seemed to Rose to be the most splendid music in the world. All other bands she had heard played right along tum-tummy tum-tummy tummy, tummy-tum. This band sang and talked and whispered and dreamed. It shook her like a stallion's neigh, and soothed her like the coo of a dove on the barn roof.
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