BETTY’S HAPPY YEAR BY CAROLYN WELLS Author of “The Story of Betty,” etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY REGINALD B. BIRCH NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1910 Copyright, 1909, 1910, by The Century Co. _Published September, 1910_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A Thanksgiving Guest 3 II. A Christmas Celebration 29 III. Betty at Boarding-school 52 IV. An Acceptable Valentine 75 V. The Palace of Time 98 VI. Betty’s Practical Joke 123 VII. The Green Paper Doll 148 VIII. The Chaplet of Honor 174 IX. An Independence Day Reception 200 X. Betty Crusoe 225 XI. A Labor Day Luncheon 248 XII. A Lucky Penny 272 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS