Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) BETTY LEICESTER Books by Sarah Orne Jewett STORIES AND TALES. 7 vols. Illustrated. THE LETTERS OF SARAH ORNE JEWETT. Illustrated. THE TORY LOVER. Illustrated. THE QUEEN'S TWIN AND OTHER STORIES. THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS. DEEPHAVEN. _Holiday Edition._ With 52 illustrations. Attractively bound. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW. COUNTRY BY-WAYS. THE MATE OF THE DAYLIGHT, AND FRIENDS ASHORE. A COUNTRY DOCTOR. A Novel. A MARSH ISLAND. A Novel. A WHITE HERON AND OTHER STORIES. THE KING OF FOLLY ISLAND, AND OTHER PEOPLE. STRANGERS AND WAYFARERS. A NATIVE OF WINBY, AND OTHER TALES. THE LIFE OF NANCY. TALES OF NEW ENGLAND. THE SAME. In Riverside Aldine Series. In Riverside School Library. PLAY-DAYS. Stories for Girls. BETTY LEICESTER. A Story for Girls. BETTY LEICESTER'S CHRISTMAS. Illustrated. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK [Illustration] BETTY LEICESTER _A STORY FOR GIRLS_ BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY MARY R. JEWETT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. WITH LOVE TO M. G. L. ONE OF THE FIRST OF BETTY'S FRIENDS CONTENTS. PAGE I. AS FAR AS RIVERPORT 1 II. THE PACKET BOAT 17 III. A BIT OF COLOR 28 IV. TIDESHEAD 40 V. AT BECKY'S HOUSE 50 VI. THE GARDEN TEA 60 VII. THE SIN BOOKS 72 VIII. A CHAPTER OF LETTERS 93 IX. BETTY'S REFLECTIONS 108 X. UP-COUNTRY 137 XI. THE TWO FRIENDS 158 XII. BETTY AT HOME 171 XIII. A GREAT EXCITEMENT 185 XIV. THE OUT-OF-DOOR CLUB 209 XV. THE STARLIGHT COMES IN 221 XVI. DOWN THE RIVER 239 XVII. GOING AWAY 276 BETTY LEICESTER. I. AS FAR AS RIVERPORT.