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Rose of Old Harpeth, by Maria Thompson Daviess
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Title: Rose of Old Harpeth
Author: Maria Thompson Daviess
Release Date: February 28, 2005 [EBook #15195]
Language: English
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ROSE OF OLD HARPETH
[Illustration: Rose Mary]
ROSE OF
OLD HARPETH
BY MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS
Author of "Miss Selina Lue," "The Road to Providence," "The Melting of Molly," etc.
[Illustration]
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
By W.B. KING
A.L. BURT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
1911
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
I DEDICATE
ROSE MARY
TO MY MOTHER
LEONORA HAMILTON DAVIESS
AND THE WHOLE BOOK
TO MY GRANDMOTHER
MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS
CHAPTER I
ROSE MARY OF SWEETBRIAR
"Why, don't you know nothing in the world compliments a loaf of bread like the asking for a fourth slice," laughed Rose Mary as she reached up on the stone shelf above her head and took down a large cru