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A Girl of the Limberlost


 By
Gene Stratton Porter

 Author of
Her Father's Daughter, Freckles, etc.
 
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers      New York
  
1909


"Edith, what did you say to Miss Comstock that made her run  away from Phil?"
 
     
To
All Girls of the Limberlost
in General
 
and One
Jeanette Helen Porter
in Particular
 

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.
Margaret 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.
Terence O'More, Freckles grown tall.
Mrs. O'More, who remained the Angel.
Terence, Alice and Little Brother, the O'More children.
 
 
CONTENTS
 
I. Wherein Elnora Goes to High School,
and Learns Many Lessons Not Found in Her Books

 

II. Wherein Wesley and Margaret Go Shopping,
and Elnora's Wardrobe Is Replenished 


III. Wherein Elnora Visits the Bird Woman
and Opens a Bank Account
 


IV. Wherein the Sintons Are Disappointed,
and Mrs. Comstock Learns That She Can Laugh


V. Wherein Elnora Receives a Warning
and Billy Appears on the Scene


VI. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Indulges in "Frills,"
and Billy Reappears
 


VII. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Manipulates Margaret,
and Billy Acquires a Residence


VIII. Wherein the Limberlost Tempts Elnora,
and Billy Buries His Father
 


IX. Wherein Elnora Discovers a Violin,
and Billy Disciplines Margaret
 


X. Wherein Elnora Has More Financial Troubles,
and Mrs. Comstock Again Hears the Song of the Limberlost


XI. Wherein Elnora Graduates,
and Freckles and the Angel Send Gifts
 


XII. Wherein Margaret Sinton Reveals a Secret,
and Mrs. Comstock Possesses the Limberlost
 


XIII, Wherein Mother Love Is Bestowed on Elnora,
and She Finds an Assistant in Moth Hunting
 


XIV. Wherein a New Position Is Tendered Elnora,
and Philip Ammon Is Shown Limberlost Violets

 
XV. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Faces the Almighty,
and Philip Ammon Writes a Letter


XVI. Wherein the Limberlost Sings for Philip,
and the Talking Trees Tell Great Secrets


XVII. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Dances in the Moonlight,
and Elnora Makes a Confession
 


XVIII. Wherein Mrs. Comstock Experiments with Rejuvenation,
and Elnora Teaches Natural History
 


XIX. Wherein Philip Ammon Gives a Ball in Honour of Edith Carr,
and Hart Henderson Appears on the Scene
 


XX. Wherein the Elder Ammon Offers Advice,
and Edith Carr Experiences Regrets


XXI. Wherein Philip Ammon Returns to the Limberlost,
and Elnora Studies the Situation
 


XXII. Wherein Philip Ammon Kneels to Elnora,
and Strangers Come to the Limberlost
 


XXIII. Wherein Elnora Reaches a Decision,
and Freckles and the Angel Appear
 


XXIV. Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle,
and Hart Henderson Stands Guard
 


XXV. Wherein Philip Finds Elnora,
and Edith Carr Offers a Yellow Emperor