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BETTY’S VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS
By
MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
AUTHOR OF “THE SPRIGHTLY ROMANCE OF MARSAC,” “PAPA BOUCHARD,” “THE JUGGLERS,” “LITTLE JARVIS,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
HENRY J. SOULEN
AND DECORATIONS BY
EDWARD STRATTON HOLLOWAY
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1914
BETTY’S VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS
THIRD EDITION
NOW BETTY KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO DESCEND THE STAIRS INTO THE DANCING HALL
Page 48
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1914
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
TO BETTY RANDOL
A TALL SISTER OF THE LILIES
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Captivating Betty 9
II. A Young Soldier 19
III. Through a Dormer Window 31
IV. Kettle 38
V. Christmas Comes But Once a Year 46
VI. Kettle and Other Things 64
VII. Fortescue and Roses and Birdseye 71
VIII. The Shadow of the Past 83
IX. Love and the Chase 89
X. The Flying Feet of the Dancers 96
XI. The Dream of Love 105
XII. Kettle Acts His Own Iliad 110
XIII. It Was the Springtime 119
XIV. Problems 130
XV. The Broken Dream 138
XVI. Pride Pays the Price 150
XVII. The Hand of Destiny 166
XVIII. “Doan’ You Cry, Miss Betty!” 173
XIX. Calm Weather 179
XX. Twilight 185
XXI. Recompence 189
XXII. Gloria 198
XXIII. Sunshine 206
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Now Betty Knew Exactly How to Descend the Stairs Into the Dancing Hall Frontispiece
Her Graceful Figure Making to Fortescue the Prettiest Picture He Had Ever Seen 87
The Scent Lay Across the Open Fields and Straggling Woodlands 93
“But if You Love Me——” 125