Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: "I don't want to fight! I'm glad it's not ladylike to fight, it scares me so!" [Page 12.]] THE ROSIE WORLD BY PARKER FILLMORE Author of "The Hickory Limb," "The Young Idea" With Illustrations by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1914 Copyright, 1914. BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY _Published September, 1914_ Parts of _The Rosie World_ have appeared serially in _Everybody's Magazine_ under the titles: "The Chin-Chopper," "A Little Savings Account," copyright, 1912, by The Ridgway Company; "A Little Mother Hen," "The Loan of a Gentleman Friend," "Crazy with the Heat," copyright, 1913, by The Ridgway Company; "The Stenog," "The Watch-Dog," "The Rosie Morrow," copyright, 1914, by The Ridgway Company; and in _Smith's Magazine_ under the title: "What Every Lady Wants," copyright, 1913, by Street & Smith. To Gilman Hall CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE CHIN-CHOPPER 1 II THE SCHNITZER 7 III THE PAPER-GIRL 18 IV A LITTLE SAVINGS ACCOUNT 25 V GEORGE RILEY ON MUCKERS 40 VI JACKIE 47 VII HOW TO KEEP A DUCK OUT OF WATER 59 VIII A LITTLE MOTHER HEN 67 IX JANET'S AUNT KITTY 78 X ROSIE RECEIVES AN INVITATION 87 XI THE TRACTION BOYS' PICNIC 93 XII THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND 99 XIII JANET EXPLAINS 107 XIV ON SCARS AND BRUISES 113 XV THE BRUTE AT BAY 123 XVI WHAT EVERY LADY WANTS 130 XVII ROSIE PROMISES TO BE GOOD 143 XVIII ON THE CULTURE OF BABIES 147 XIX CRAZY WITH THE HEAT 157 XX A FEVERED WORLD 165 XXI THE STORM 168 XXII A CHANCE FOR GERALDINE 171 XXIII HOME AGAIN 175 XXIV GEORGE TURNS 182