Chapter I: Front Matter

BETTY’S HAPPY YEAR

BY
CAROLYN WELLS
Author of “The Story of Betty,” etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
REGINALD B. BIRCH

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1910

Copyright, 1909, 1910, by
The Century Co.
_Published September, 1910_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Thanksgiving Guest 3
II. A Christmas Celebration 29
III. Betty at Boarding-school 52
IV. An Acceptable Valentine 75
V. The Palace of Time 98
VI. Betty’s Practical Joke 123
VII. The Green Paper Doll 148
VIII. The Chaplet of Honor 174
IX. An Independence Day Reception 200
X. Betty Crusoe 225
XI. A Labor Day Luncheon 248
XII. A Lucky Penny 272

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Betty drew closer to her mother’s side as she stood speechless
before the beautiful tree _Frontispiece_
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Oh, Betty, what a beautiful cutter! May exclaimed 7
Hello, girls, he called, as his smiling face appeared in the
doorway 14
Betty threw a sofa-pillow at Jack to stir him to greater
enthusiasm 31
Why, Grandfather, I—I ran away! 72
On Saturday a messenger was sent with the precious box 89
Constance in the May Queen’s bower 113
Bob Carey as the lion in “March” selling marches 120
These two young women sat behind me in the street-car and
overheard my conversation with a friend 128
Betty snatched up the desk calendar and held it before her
grandfather’s eyes 145
Take my racket, said Betty, and play a set with Martha 161
Betty found Bobby in his nursery 170
Betty walked across the room with stiff, stagy strides 179
The Goddess of Honor placed the chaplet on the bowed head of
Isabella of Spain 197
Where’s Betty! said Jack, wrapped in his Indian blanket 214
They went spinning away toward the Pine Hill road 221
He stopped his team, and waited as Betty came down the steps 229
Betty, with her sleeves rolled back, was whisking away at
something in a bowl 243
The girl turned on Betty like a little fury 260
Just as the driver was about to start, a voice called, Hi! Hold
on there! 265
A strange-looking, cloaked figure, with a lighted Jack-o’-lantern
for a head, ushered them into the drawing-room 279
The three Fates ushered Betty with great pomp and ceremony to the
chair facing the wizard 285

BETTY’S HAPPY YEAR