Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ NOBODY’S ROSE A STORY FOR GIRLS BOOKS BY ADELE E. THOMPSON. The Brave Heart Series. Five Volumes. Illustrated. Each $1.25. BETTY SELDON, PATRIOT, A Girl’s Part in the Revolution. BRAVE HEART ELIZABETH, A Story of the Ohio Frontier. A LASSIE OF THE ISLES, A Story of the Old and New Worlds. POLLY OF THE PINES, A Patriot Girl of the Carolinas. AMERICAN PATTY, A Story of 1812. * * * * * BECK’S FORTUNE, A Story of School and Seminary Life. Illustrated by LOUIS MEYNELL. $1.25. NOBODY’S ROSE, Or The Girlhood of Rose Shannon. Illustrated by A. G. LEARNED. Price, Net $1.00. Postpaid $1.12. LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON. [Illustration: “NOW I’M ROSE, I’M NOBODY’S ROSE!”—_Page 270._] NOBODY’S ROSE OR THE GIRLHOOD OF ROSE SHANNON BY ADELE E. THOMPSON ILLUSTRATED BY A. G. LEARNED [Illustration: Decoration] BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Published, August, 1912 _All Rights Reserved_ NOBODY’S ROSE NORWOOD PRESS BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS. U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE HOW POSEY CAME ADRIFT 11 CHAPTER II AN EXPOSURE 30 CHAPTER III THE NEW HOME 42 CHAPTER IV THE NEW LIFE 54 CHAPTER V THE PICNIC 71 CHAPTER VI THE STORM BREAKS 85 CHAPTER VII A DESPERATE RESOLVE 93 CHAPTER VIII A NEW ACQUAINTANCE 108 CHAPTER IX TWO HAPPY TRAVELERS 123 CHAPTER X BEN’S STORY 135 CHAPTER XI A STORM, AND A SHELTER 147 CHAPTER XII A PARTING OF WAYS 162 CHAPTER XIII A DOOR OPENS 173 CHAPTER XIV POSEY BECOMES ROSE 185 CHAPTER XV AT THE FIFIELDS’ 195 CHAPTER XVI UNDER A CLOUD 206 CHAPTER XVII SUNSHINE AGAIN 219 CHAPTER XVIII GREAT-UNCLE SAMUEL 236 CHAPTER XIX