Plain Jane and Pretty Betty

OR

The Girl Who Won Out

BY

MAY HOLLIS BARTON

Author of “The Girl from the Country,” “Nell Grayson’s Ranching Days,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Books for Girls

By MAY HOLLIS BARTON

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE GIRL FROM THE COUNTRY Or Laura Mayford’s City Experiences

THREE GIRL CHUMS AT LAUREL HALL Or The Mystery of the School by the Lake

NELL GRAYSON’S RANCHING DAYS Or A City Girl in the Great West

FOUR LITTLE WOMEN OF ROXBY Or The Queer Old Lady Who Lost Her Way

PLAIN JANE AND PRETTY BETTY Or The Girl Who Won Out

(Other volumes in preparation.)

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1926, by

Cupples & Leon Company

Plain Jane and Pretty Betty

Made in the U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. On the Moving Van 1

II. A Bad Spill 10

III. Mad Marion 19

IV. The New Home 24

V. Jane Meets Pretty Betty 32

VI. Inventions 39

VII. The Great Fire 46

VIII. Beneath the Wreckage 52

IX. Disaster 57

X. Suspected 66

XI. Billy Answers 73

XII. A Generous Thought 81

XIII. Jane Looks for Work 89

XIV. A First Refusal 96

XV. A Taste of Success 104

XVI. A Business Day 112

XVII. Betty Makes Her Choice 120

XVIII. A Dreadful Discovery 128

XIX. A Change of Employers 136

XX. Betty Comes Through 143

XXI. The New Home 153

XXII. Betty is Jealous 159

XXIII. Jane and Billy 167

XXIV. A Surprise 177

XXV. The Revelation 188

PLAIN JANE AND PRETTY BETTY