E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 18022-h.htm or 18022-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/0/2/18022/18022-h/18022-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/0/2/18022/18022-h.zip) 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 [Frontispiece: Anita walked down the stairs and came face to face with Broussard and Mrs. Lawrence. (missing from book)] 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 ROLE 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 ROLE