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DIXIE MARTIN THE GIRL OF WOODFORD'S CANYON
BY GRACE MAY NORTH
ILLUSTRATED BY ELISABETH B. WARREN
BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Copyright, 1924, By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
PRINTED IN U. S. A. _Norward Press_ BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS.
Dedicated to IVERS ASHLEY My long-ago school-mate who was so like little Dixie Martin
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. Dixie 11 II. New Teacher 21 III. Neighborhood Gossip 27 IV. Getting Acquainted 38 V. The Woodford Schoolhouse 46 VI. Ken's Secret Sorrow 56 VII. The Blessing Undisguised 66 VIII. A Queer Bank 72 IX. The "Charity Barrel" 76 X. Carol's Choice 86 XI. Planning a Way Out 91 XII. Carol's New Home 96 XIII. Carol in Disgrace 103 XIV. The Little Runaway 109 XV. A Happy Reunion 119 XVI. A Joyous Dixie 124 XVII. A Defiant Teacher 133 XVIII. The Sheep-King Dictates 140 XIX. Dixie Goes Shopping 146 XX. Dixie Buys a Silk Dress 157 XXI. Dixie Visits a Friend 162 XXII. Teacher Revolutionizes 166 XXIII. The Return of Topsy 175 XXIV. Dixie's Lesson in Dressmaking 180 XXV. Where the Trail Led 191 XXVI. Ken's Quest 196 XXVII. Celebrating 205 XXVIII. On the Trail of a "Bandit" 209 XXIX. Ken's Old Friend 222 XXX. "Rattlesnake Sam" 232 XXXI. An Unwelcome Guest 238 XXXII. A Hard Game 248 XXXIII. Rude Little Sylvia 256 XXXIV. The Young Engineer Dreams 263 XXXV. The Pretend Game 269 XXXVI. Ken's Talk With Teacher 283 XXXVII. Carol's Birthday S'prise 288 XXXVIII. The Expected Blizzard 302 XXXIX. A Happy Father 312 XL. A Mystery Solved 319 XLI. A Resolution Broken 328 XLII. An Eventful Spring 337 XLIII. The Unexpected Guest 347 XLIV. Clearing Up Mysteries 353
ILLUSTRATIONS
A queer-looking group they made (Page 40) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "I'm going to tell you all about us, Miss Bayley" 136 "It's a birthday present from me" 298 The young engineer slowly opened his eyes 310
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