Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Image] THE GIRL FROM HIS TOWN _By_ MARIE VAN VORST WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. GRAHAM COOTES INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1910 The Bobbs-Merrill Company PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Dan Blair 1 II The Duchess Approves 21 III The Blairtown Soloist 28 IV In The Coral Room 31 V At The Carlton 47 VI Galorey Seeks Advice 55 VII At The Stage Entrance 70 VIII Dan’s Simplicity 76 IX Disappointment 85 X The Boy From My Town 94 XI Ruggles Gives a Dinner 109 XII The Green Knight 128 XIII The Face of Letty Lane 135 XIV From India’s Coral Strands 155 XV Galorey Gives Advice 174 XVI The Musicale Program 187 XVII Letty Lane Sings 199 XVIII A Woman’s Way 207 XIX Dan Awakes 214 XX A Hand Clasp 225 XXI Ruggles Returns 231 XXII What Will You Take? 234 XXIII In the Sunset Glow 242 XXIV Ruggles’ Offer 250 XXV Letty Lane Runs Away 268 XXVI White and Coral 274 XXVII At Maxim’s 290 XXVIII Such Stuff as Dreams 299 XXIX The Picture of It All 304 XXX Sodawater Fountain Girl 309 XXXI In Reality 315 XXXII The Prince Accepts 319 XXXIII The Things Above Ground 322 THE GIRL FROM HIS TOWN CHAPTER I—DAN BLAIR