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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Betty at Fort Blizzard, by Molly Elliot Seawell, Illustrated by Edmund Frederick
Title: Betty at Fort Blizzard
Author: Molly Elliot Seawell
Release Date: March 20, 2006 [eBook #18022]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARD***
E-text prepared by Al Haines
[Frontispiece: Anita walked down the stairs and came face to face
with Broussard and Mrs. Lawrence. (missing from book)]
BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARD
By
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
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY JOHN WANAMAKER
BOOK NEWS MONTHLY
Under title "Colonel Fortescue's Betty"
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1916
REPRINTED OCTOBER 20, 1916
TO
ELEANOR T. WOOD
THE GENTLE LADY
WHOSE PATH THROUGH LIFE IS RADIANT
WITH GOOD DEEDS
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | "MISS BETTY" IN A NEW RÔLE |
| II. | A PRETTY MAID AND A GAMECHICK |
| III. | THE HEART OF A MAID |
| IV. | "GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART, GOOD-BYE" |
| V. | UNFORGETTING |
| VI. | SOME LETTERS AND KETTLE'S ENLISTMENT |
| VII. | THE PLEADING EYES OF WOMEN |
| VIII. | LOVE, THE CONQUEROR |
| IX. | THE REVEILLE |
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
Colonel John Hope Fortescue, commanding the fine new cavalry post of Fort Blizzard, in the far Northwest, sat in his comfortable office and gazed through the big window at the plaza with its tall flagstaff, from which the splendid regimental flag floated in the crystal cold air of