Betty at Fort Blizzard
by Molly Elliot Seawell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 18022
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18022
- Release Date
- March 20, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.[Frontispiece: Anita walked down the stairs and came face to face with Broussard and Mrs. Lawrence. (missing from book)] — BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARD — By
- 2.MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL — AUTHOR OF "BETTY'S VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS," "PAPA BOUCHARD," "THE JUGGLERS," "LITTLE JARVIS," ETC. — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR AND FROM PEN DRAWINGS BY EDMUND FREDERICK — PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1916 — TO ELEANOR T. WOOD THE GENTLE LADY WHOSE PATH THROUGH LIFE IS RADIANT WITH GOOD DEEDS THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — IN COLOR — Anita Walked Down the Stairs and Came Face to Face with Broussard and Mrs. Lawrence . . . . . . Frontispiece — Broussard Lifted Gamechick by the Bridle and the Next Moment Cleared Both Mare and Girl — The Last Glimpse Broussard Had of Anita Was, As She Stood, Her Arm About Gamechick's Neck — "This Was Enclosed in a Letter to Me From Mr. Broussard," said the Colonel — FROM PEN DRAWINGS — The Black Mare Suddenly Threw Her Head Down and Her Heels Up — "Miss Anita is in there with Mr. Broussard, an' He got on His Courtin' Breeches, an' They's Just as Quiet as a Couple of Sleepin' Babies" — "Never Mind, Dear, Darling Daddy, I Love You Just the Same" — Mrs. McGillicuddy Sat Majestically Upright in the Buggy, While the Sergeant Bestrode the Peaceful and Amiable Dot — "Neither You nor Your Child Shall Suffer for the Present" — Kettle Dropped the Reins, and Grasping Corporal Around the Neck Hung on Desperately — "Don't Call Your Father 'the Poor old Chap,'" Said Mrs. Fortescue Positively — BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARD — CHAPTER I — "MISS BETTY" IN A NEW RÔLE — [Illustration: The black mare suddenly threw her head down and her heels up.] — [Illustration: "Miss Anita is in there with Mr. Broussard, an' he got on his courtin' breeches, an' they's jest as quiet as a couple of sleepin' babies."] — CHAPTER II — A PRETTY MAID AND A GAMECHICK — [Illustration: "Never mind, dear, darling daddy, I love you just the same."] — [Illustration: Broussard, lifted Gamechick by the bridle and the next moment cleared both mare and girl.] — [Illustration: Mrs. McGillicuddy sat majestically upright in the buggy while the Sergeant bestrode the peaceful and amiable Dot.] — CHAPTER III — THE HEART OF A MAID — CHAPTER IV — "GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART, GOOD-BYE" — [Illustration: The last glimpse Broussard had of Anita was, as she stood, her arm about Gamechick's neck.] — CHAPTER V — UNFORGETTING — CHAPTER VI — SOME LETTERS AND KETTLE'S ENLISTMENT — [Illustration: "Neither you nor your child shall suffer for the present."] — [Illustration: Kettle dropped the reins, and grasping Corporal around the neck, hung on desperately.] — CHAPTER VII — THE PLEADING EYES OF WOMEN — [Illustration: "This was enclosed in a letter to me from Mr. Broussard," said the Colonel.] — [Illustration: "Don't call your father 'the poor old chap,'" said Mrs. Fortescue positively.] — CHAPTER VIII — LOVE, THE CONQUEROR — CHAPTER IX — THE REVEILLE
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