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_Title:_ Rose’s Great Problem
_Date of first publication:_ 1925
_Author:_ Elizabeth M. Duffield Ward (as Laura Lee Hope)
_Date first posted:_ Sep. 29, 2022
_Date last updated:_ Sep. 29, 2022
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[Cover Illustration]

THE BLYTHE GIRLS

ROSE’S GREAT PROBLEM

FACE TO FACE WITH A CRISIS

BY
LAURA LEE HOPE

Author of “The Blythe Girls Series,” “The Outdoor
Girls Series,” Etc.

[Illustration]

WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.
RACINE, WIS.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
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Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I HOMEWARD BOUND 1
II THE OPEN FIRE 10
III NUTTING 19
IV UP EARLY 27
V IN DANGER 35
VI STARTLING NEWS 41
VII THE NEW FLOORWALKER 50
VIII MYSTERY 58
IX HUGH’S NEWS 65
X TRAGEDY 70
XI IN DELIRIUM 79
XII THE ATTENTIONS OF CHESTER DREW 87
XIII LOST FRIENDSHIP 94
XIV SUSPECTED 103
XV A THREAT 112
XVI A MARVELOUS OFFER 119
XVII STALLED IN THE SNOW 129
XVIII TAKING CHANCES 139
XIX THE SCHEME REVEALED 147
XX A GREAT DECISION 156
XXI MARGY’S STORY 164
XXII THE END OF MYSTERY 172
XXIII THE ACCUSATION 183
XXIV THE INVITATION 192
XXV GOOD NEWS 201