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[Illustration: "I don't want to fight! I'm glad it's not ladylike to
fight, it scares me so!" [Page 12.]]




THE ROSIE WORLD

    BY
    PARKER FILLMORE

    Author of "The Hickory Limb," "The Young Idea"


    With Illustrations by
    MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT

    NEW YORK
    HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
    1914




    Copyright, 1914.
    BY
    HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

    _Published September, 1914_

    Parts of _The Rosie World_ have appeared serially in _Everybody's
    Magazine_ under the titles: "The Chin-Chopper," "A Little Savings
    Account," copyright, 1912, by The Ridgway Company; "A Little Mother
    Hen," "The Loan of a Gentleman Friend," "Crazy with the Heat,"
    copyright, 1913, by The Ridgway Company; "The Stenog," "The Watch-Dog,"
    "The Rosie Morrow," copyright, 1914, by The Ridgway Company; and in
    _Smith's Magazine_ under the title: "What Every Lady Wants," copyright,
    1913, by Street & Smith.




    To
    Gilman Hall




CONTENTS


    CHAPTER                                                     PAGE

          I THE CHIN-CHOPPER                                       1

         II THE SCHNITZER                                          7

        III THE PAPER-GIRL                                        18

         IV A LITTLE SAVINGS ACCOUNT                              25

          V GEORGE RILEY ON MUCKERS                               40

         VI JACKIE                                                47

        VII HOW TO KEEP A DUCK OUT OF WATER                       59

       VIII A LITTLE MOTHER HEN                                   67

         IX JANET'S AUNT KITTY                                    78

          X ROSIE RECEIVES AN INVITATION                          87

         XI THE TRACTION BOYS' PICNIC                             93

        XII THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND                        99

       XIII JANET EXPLAINS                                       107

        XIV ON SCARS AND BRUISES                                 113

         XV THE BRUTE AT BAY                                     123

        XVI WHAT EVERY LADY WANTS                                130

       XVII ROSIE PROMISES TO BE GOOD                            143

      XVIII ON THE CULTURE OF BABIES                             147

        XIX CRAZY WITH THE HEAT                                  157

         XX A FEVERED WORLD                                      165

        XXI THE STORM                                            168

       XXII A CHANCE FOR GERALDINE                               171

      XXIII HOME AGAIN                                           175

       XXIV GEORGE TURNS                                         182

        XXV DANNY AGIN ON LOVE                                   194

       XXVI ELLEN                                                204

      XXVII ROSIE URGES COMMON SENSE                             213

     XXVIII JANET USES STRONG LANGUAGE                           224

       XXIX THE CASE OF DAVE MCFADDEN                            234

        XXX JANET TO HER OWN FATHER                              242

       XXXI DANNY'S SUGGESTION                                   254

      XXXII THE SUBSTITUTE LADY                                  264

     XXXIII ELLEN'S CAREER                                       273

      XXXIV THE KIND-HEARTED GENTLEMAN                           285

       XXXV ELLEN MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT                          292

      XXXVI THE HAPPY LOVER                                      298

     XXXVII THE SISTERS                                          304

    XXXVIII ELLEN HAS HER FLING                                  308

      XXXIX THE WATCH-DOG                                        317

         XL MR. HARRY LONG EXPLAINS                              322

        XLI THE GREATEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD                    335

       XLII THE ROSIE MORROW                                     349




ILLUSTRATIONS


    "I don't want to fight! I'm glad it's not ladylike to fight,
        it scares me so!"                             _Frontispiece_

                                                                PAGE

    "Here, baby darlint, go to sister Rosie"                      48

    Rosie gently lifted off his nightshirt and held the candle
        close                                                     60

    "Because you kiss Janet McFadden, you needn't think
        you can kiss any girl"                                   106

    Rosie stared at him out of eyes that were very sad and
        very serious                                             148

    She read it again by the light of the candle                 290

    To be the confidant of Mrs. O'Brien in this particular
        disappointment was embarrassing, to say the least        298

   