VIRGINA LEFT THE FARMHOUSE, CARRYING HER FIDDLE AND THE PAIL OF CATS, AND THE BLIZZARD SWALLOWED HER UP. Rose O’Paradise BY GRACE MILLER WHITE AUTHOR OF TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY, ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. J. SHETLINE NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY THE H. K. FLY COMPANY I lovingly dedicate this book to Rose and Will Scott CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS 9 ROSE O’ PARADISE CHAPTER I