[Illustration: “I’M DOCTOR GARDE’S LITTLE GIRL.”--_Page 11._] ROCKY FORK BY MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK T. MERRILL _NEW EDITION_ [Illustration] BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. _Copyright, 1911_, BY LOTHROP, LEE AND SHEPARD CO. _All rights reserved_ _Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. DOCTOR GARDE’S LITTLE GIRL 9 II. MR. PITZER 19 III. THE GEOGRAPHY-SCHOOL TEACHER 25 IV. COMPANY 36 V. THE GEOGRAPHY SCHOOL 56 VI. THE NARROWS AND MARY ANN FURNACE 73 VII. MISS MELISSA FURTHER DISAPPROVES OF THE ROCKY FORK 84 VIII. WHICH TREATS OF THUMB-PAPERS 101 IX. THEY CHURN 108 X. MOTHER OUTDOORS DISTURBED 115 XI. BLUEBELL MAKES A POEM 127 XII. “JORDAN STORMY BANKS” 139 XIII. ABRAM HAS A THEORY 152 XIV. BLUEBELL HAS NO THEORY 163 XV. THE FORD 169 XVI. A TRIO AND CHORUS 173 XVII. DOCTOR GARDE LISTENS TO REASON 186 XVIII. BLUEBELL AND TILDY 199 XIX. THE CHILD IN THE BLACKBERRY PATCH 207 XX. THE LAST TIME 215 XXI. THE FIRST RAILROAD TRAIN 230 XXII. MISS BIGGAR 245 XXIII. A DUCK AMONG SWANS 252 XXIV. MISS MELISSA DROPS A FEW HINTS 263 XXV. EVENTS 271 XXVI. MISS BIGGAR’S POSSESSIONS 288 XXVII. DINNER IN DOLL-LAND 297 XXVIII. SOMEBODY ARRIVES 305 XXIX. DOCTOR GARDE’S LITTLE GIRL 312 XXX. TWO LETTERS 319 ILLUSTRATIONS “I’M DOCTOR GARDE’S LITTLE GIRL” (_page 11_) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE “HERE’S A WAX DOLL FOR YOU” 46 THE PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN A PROCESSION TO THE SCHOOL-HOUSE 110