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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

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