Chapter I: Front Matter

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_Plain Jane and Pretty Betty._ _Page 76_]

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