

UNDERSTOOD BETSY
BY
DOROTHY CANFIELD
Author of "The Bent Twig," etc.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ADA C. WILLIAMSON

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1916, 1917,
BY
THE CENTURY CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published August, 1917
PRINTED IN THE USA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I | 1 |
II | 27 |
III | 52 |
IV | 74 |
V | 89 |
VI | 110 |
VII | 137 |
VIII | 161 |
IX | 186 |
X | 201 |
XI | 234 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
Uncle Henry looked at her, eying her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass |
Frontispiece |
FACING
PAGE
Ann stood up before the doctor |
16 |
"Do you know," said Aunt Abigail, "I think it's going to be real nice, having a little girl in the house again" |
48 |
She had greatly enjoyed doing her own hair |
54 |
"Oh, he's asking for more!" cried Elizabeth Ann |
78 |
Betsy shut her teeth together hard, and started across |
108 |
"What's the matter, Molly? What's the matter?" |
148 |
Betsy and Ellen and the old doll |
162 |
He had fallen asleep with his head on his arms |
182 |
Never were dishes washed better! |
222 |
Betsy was staring down at her shoes, biting her lips and winking her eyes |
242 |

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