HOLLY HOLLY PLACED HER HAND IN HIS AND LEAPED LIGHTLY TO THE GROUND HOLLY The Romance of a Southern Girl BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “A MAID IN ARCADY,” “KITTY OF THE ROSES,” “AN ORCHARD PRINCESS,” ETC. With illustrations by EDWIN F. BAYHA PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1907 Copyright, 1907 By The Curtis Publishing Company Copyright, 1907 By The Curtis Publishing Company Copyright, 1907 By J. B. Lippincott Company Copyright, 1907 By J. B. Lippincott Company Published October, 1907 Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U. S. A. TO JESSIE LATSHAW KING LIST OF CHAPTERS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV