Betty's Virginia Christmas

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Woods CHAPTER I CAPTIVATING BETTY

Hounds CHAPTER II A YOUNG SOLDIER

Holly Lodge CHAPTER III THROUGH A DORMER WINDOW

Storm CHAPTER IV KETTLE

Hounds CHAPTER V CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR

Holly Lodge CHAPTER VI KETTLE AND OTHER THINGS

Hounds CHAPTER VII FORTESCUE AND ROSES AND BIRDSEYE

Willows CHAPTER VIII THE SHADOW OF THE PAST

Dresser and Chair CHAPTER IX LOVE AND THE CHASE

Woods CHAPTER X THE FLYING FEET OF THE DANCERS

Storm CHAPTER XI THE DREAM OF LOVE

Woods CHAPTER XII KETTLE ACTS HIS OWN ILIAD

Lone Tree CHAPTER XIII IT WAS THE SPRINGTIME

Garden Path CHAPTER XIV PROBLEMS

Lone Tree CHAPTER XV THE BROKEN DREAM

Woods CHAPTER XVI PRIDE PAYS THE PRICE

Holly Lodge CHAPTER XVII THE HAND OF DESTINY

Church CHAPTER XVIII "DOAN' YOU CRY, MISS BETTY!"

Rosehill CHAPTER XIX CALM WEATHER

Garden Path CHAPTER XX TWILIGHT

Lone Tree CHAPTER XXI RECOMPENCE

Landscape CHAPTER XXII GLORIA

Woods CHAPTER XXIII SUNSHINE

Title: Betty's Virginia Christmas

Author: Molly Elliott Seawell

Language: English

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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

 

Rosehill

 

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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