This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler [Picture: Book cover] OTHER BOOKS IN THE BLUE RIDGE SERIES By Elia W. Peattie AZALEA. Clean and wholesome, but lacking nothing in liveliness. Azalea is a winsome mountain lassie who has made many friends among girl readers. ANNIE LAURIE AND AZALEA. Continuing Mrs. Peattie’s success in “Azalea,” hailed by reviewers and readers as a “first-class piece of fiction any boy or girl between nine and ninety will enjoy.” Each story complete and individual, but each dealing with the people and the locality Mrs. Peattie’s charming stories have endeared to young readers. [Picture: “So I lost David,” whispered Mary Cecily; “I lost my little brother.”] AZALEA AT SUNSET GAP BY ELIA W. PEATTIE Author of Azalea; Annie Laurie and Azalea; etc. _Illustrations by_ _Joseph Pierre Nuyttens_ [Picture: Publisher’s logo] The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago * * * * * Copyright, 1914 by The Reilly & Britton Co. * * * * * _Azalea at Sunset Gap_ * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE PERFECT CHAPERON 9 II PASSENGERS FOR BEE TREE 29 III SUNSET GAP 47 IV “SAY! TEACHER!” 67 V ROWANTREE HALL 87 VI LITTLE BROTHER 103 VII “DOING GOOD” 118 VIII THE WAR 138 IX THE RESCUE 156 X THE RESCUE, CONTINUED 172 XI KEEFE 192 XII THE BLAB BOY 207 XIII THE HERMIT THRUSH 225 XIV THE REBEL 242 XV NEW HOPES 261 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “So I lost David,” whispered Mary Cecily; “I lost _Frontispiece_ my little brother.” “I an artist? Mercy, no,” said Azalea. “I’m 64 nothing—just a girl.” There was Paralee, dragging a gaunt woman to the 166 door. “Tell ’em to ’light, ma, and come in,” she begged Keefe lifted a languid hand. “I’ve been wanting to 230 tell you for a long time,” he said CHAPTER I THE PERFECT CHAPERON