Betty's Happy Year Author:Carolyn Wells General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1910 Original Publisher: The Century Co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can... more » select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Betty Drew Closer To Her Mother's Side As She Stood SPEECHLESS BEFORE THE BEAUTIFUL TREE Frontispiece PAGE 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 PAOK Where's Bettyf 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 Whiskinq 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 B...« less