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LUCAS TORE DOWN THE BANK AND WADED
RIGHT INTO THE STREAM. Frontispiece (Page 61.)

THE GIRLS OF
HILLCREST FARM

OR

THE SECRET OF THE ROCKS

BY

AMY BELL MARLOWE

AUTHOR OF
THE OLDEST OF FOUR, A LITTLE MISS NOBODY,
THE GIRL FROM SUNSET RANCH, ETC.

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

GROSSET & DUNLAP

The Girls of Hillcrest Farm

CONTENTS
CHAPTER	PAGE
I.	Everything at Once!	1
II.	Aunt Jane Proposes	10
III.	The Doctor Disposes	24
IV.	The Pilgrimage	37
V.	Lucas Pritchett	51
VI.	Neighbors	61
VII.	Hillcrest	73
VIII.	The Whisper in the Dark	85
IX.	Morning at Hillcrest	96
X.	The Venture	109
XI.	At the Schoolhouse	126
XII.	The Green-Eyed Monster	134
XIII.	Lyddy Doesn’t Want It	144
XIV.	The Colesworths	161
XV.	Another Boarder	171
XVI.	The Ball Keeps Rolling	184
XVII.	The Runaway Grandmother	192
XVIII.	The Queer Boarder	199
XIX.	Widow Harrison’s Troubles	208
XX.	The Temperance Club Again	216
XXI.	Caught	224
XXII.	The Hidden Treasure	236
XXIII.	The Vendue	248
XXIV.	Professor Spink’s Bottles	258
XXV.	In the Old Doctor’s Office	269
XXVI.	A Blow-up	276
XXVII.	They Lose a Boarder	283
XXVIII.	The Secret Revealed	289
XXIX.	An Automobile Race	298
XXX.	The Hillcrest Company, Limited	303