# A Girl of the Limberlost

A novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter; it is considered a classic of Indiana literature. It is the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp. Even at the time, this impressive wetland region was being reduced by heavy logging, natural oil extraction and drainage for agriculture.
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A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST
"Elnora knelt and, slipping her fingers through the leaves and grasses to the roots, gathered a few violets and gave them to Philip"
A Girl
of
The Limberlost
By Gene Stratton Porter
Illustrations by Wladyslaw T. Benda
New York GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers
Copyright, 1909, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into Foreign Languages, including the Scandinavian
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
TO
ALL GIRLS OF THE LIMBERLOST
IN GENERAL
AND ONE
JEANETTE HELEN PORTER
IN PARTICULAR
CHARACTERS
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | Wherein Elnora Goes to High School, and Learns Many Lessons not Found in Her Books | 3 |
| II. | Wherein Wesley and Margaret Go Shopping, and Elnora's Wardrobe Is Replenished | 27 |
| III. | Wherein Elnora Visits the Bird Woman, and Opens a Bank Account | 40 |
| IV. | Wherein the Sintons Are Disappointed, and Mrs. Comstock Learns that She Can Laugh | 54 |
| V. | Wherein Elnora Receives a Warning and Billy Appears on the Scene | 84 |
| VI. | Wherein Mrs. Comstock Indulges In "Frills," and Billy Reappears | 101 |
| VII. | Wherein Mrs. Comstock Manipulates Margaret, and Billy Acquires a Residence | 124 |
| VIII. | Wherein the Limberlost Tempts Elnora, and Billy Buries His Father | 158 ​ |
| IX. | Wherein Elnora Discovers a Violin, and Billy Disciplines Margaret | 167 |
| X. | Wherein Elnora Has More Financial Troubles, and Mrs. Comstock Again Hears the Song of the Limberlost | 185 |
| XI. | Wherein Elnora Graduates, and Freckles and the Angel Send Gifts | 209 |
| XII. | Wherein Margaret Sinton Reveals a Secret, and Mrs. Comstock Possesses the Limberlost | 229 |
| XIII. | Wherein Mother Love Is Bestowed on Elnora, and She Finds an Assistant in Moth Hunting | 261 |
| XIV. | Wherein a New Position Is Tendered Elnora, and Philip Ammon Is Shown Limberlost Violets | 281 |
| XV. | Wherein Mrs. Comstock Faces the Almighty, and Philip Ammon Writes a Letter | 296 |
| XVI. | Wherein the Limberlost Sings for Ammon, and the Talking Trees Tell Great Secrets | 314 |
| XVII. | Wherein Mrs. Comstock Dances In the Moonlight, and Elnora Makes a Confession | 328 ​ |
| XVIII. | Wherein Mrs. Comstock Experiments with Rejuvenation, and Elnora Teaches Natural History | 347 |
| XIX. | Wherein Philip Ammon Gives a Ball in Honour of Edith Carr, and Hart Henderson Appears on the Scene | 360 |
| XX. | Wherein the Elder Ammon Offers Advice, and Edith Carr Experiences Regrets | 377 |
| XXI. | Wherein Philip Ammon Returns to the Limberlost, and Elnora Studies the Situation | 388 |
| XXII. | Wherein Philip Ammon Kneels to the Queen of Love, and Chicago Comes to the Limberlost | 408 |
| XXIII. | Wherein Elnora Reaches a Decision, and Freckles and the Angel Appear | 430 |
| XXIV. | Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle and Hart Henderson Stands Guard | 445 |
| XXV. | Wherein Philip Finds Elnora, and Edith Carr Offers a Yellow Emperor | 460 |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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