Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains   By: Amy Brooks

DOROTHY DAINTY AT THE MOUNTAINS

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[Illustration: "HERE! HERE!" CRIED DOROTHY, AND ECHO ANSWERED, "HERE, ERE!" Page 4. ]

DOROTHY DAINTY AT THE MOUNTAINS

BY

AMY BROOKS

AUTHOR OF "DOROTHY DAINTY SERIES," "THE RANDY BOOKS," "THE PRUE BOOKS," AND "A JOLLY CAT TALE"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

[Illustration]

BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

DOROTHY DAINTY TRADE MARK Registered in U. S. Patent Office

Published, August, 1911

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

All Rights Reserved

DOROTHY DAINTY AT THE MOUNTAINS

Norwood Press Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. AT THE CLEVERTON 1

II. A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE 21

III. AN ENTERTAINMENT 42

IV. IN A BIRCH ARBOR 62

V. THE MOUNTAIN PARTY 81

VI. THE ECHO CAPTURED 101

VII. FLORETTA'S RETURN 122

VIII. AT THE FAIR 141

IX. FLOSSIE'S LETTER 162

X. A GIFT OF WILDFLOWERS 182

XI. ARABELLA MAKES A CALL 201

XII. A SERENADE 222

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Here! Here!" cried Dorothy, and echo answered, "Here, ere!" ( Page 4 ) Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Often she looked back, as she sped over the road 32

"Oh, what a lovely, lovely story!" said Dorothy 66

With feet and hands she strove to loosen the tough, wiry vines 120

She took a few tripping steps, smiling at her reflection 176

She offered two cards to Floretta 210

DOROTHY DAINTY AT THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER I

AT THE CLEVERTON

THE great hotel on the crest of the hill was bathed in sunlight that poured from a rift in the clouds, as if sent for the sole purpose of showing the grand portico, the broad piazza, and the flag that floated gracefully on the summer breeze.

Its many windows seemed to be looking across the valley to opposite mountain peaks, and one could easily imagine that its wide, open doorway, smiled genially as if offering a welcome to all arriving guests.

Two little girls ran across the lawn, the one with flaxen curls, the other with sunny brown ringlets.