By Clara Louise Burnham CLEVER BETSY. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25, _net_. Postage extra. FLUTTERFLY. Illustrated. Square 12mo, 75 cents. THE LEAVEN OF LOVE. With frontispiece in color. 12mo, $1.50. THE QUEST FLOWER. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00. THE OPENED SHUTTERS. With frontispiece in color. 12mo, $1.50. JEWEL: A CHAPTER IN HER LIFE. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. JEWEL’S STORY BOOK. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. THE RIGHT PRINCESS. 12mo, $1.50. MISS PRITCHARD’S WEDDING TRIP. 12mo, $1.50. YOUNG MAIDS AND OLD. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. DEARLY BOUGHT. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. NO GENTLEMEN. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. A SANE LUNATIC. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. NEXT DOOR. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. THE MISTRESS OF BEECH KNOLL. 16mo,$1.25; paper, 50 cents. MISS BAGG’S SECRETARY. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. DR. LATIMER. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. SWEET CLOVER. A Romance of the White City. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. THE WISE WOMAN. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. MISS ARCHER ARCHER. 16mo, $1.25. A GREAT LOVE. A Novel, 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents. A WEST POINT WOOING, and Other Stories. 16mo, $1.25. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK CLEVER BETSY [Illustration: SHE SANK INTO THE ARMS THAT CLASPED HER] CLEVER BETSY A Novel by Clara Louise Burnham With Illustrations by Rose O’Neill [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1910 COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published September 1910_ CONTENTS I. OPENING THE COTTAGE 1 II. MISTRESS AND MAID 16 III. IRVING BRUCE 27 IV. MRS. POGRAM CONFIDES 38 V. ROSALIE VINCENT 47 VI. THE LAST STAGE 62 VII. THE NATIONAL PARK 75 VIII. THE BLONDE HEAVER 87 IX. THE FOUNTAIN HOUSE 102 X. ON THE RIVERSIDE 117 XI. FACE TO FACE 131 XII. THE FAITHFUL GEYSER 150 XIII. THE HEIRESS 160 XIV. THE LOOKOUT 176 XV. AN EXODUS 189 XVI. BETSY’S GIFT 202 XVII. SUNRISE 217 XVIII. HOMEWARD BOUND 232 XIX. MRS. BRUCE’S HEADACHE 246 XX. BETSY’S APPEAL 258 XXI. A RAINY EVENING 270 XXII. THE WHITE DOVE 282 XXIII. THE DANCE 296 XXIV. THE CLASH 313 XXV. WHITE SWEET PEAS 327 XXVI. IN BETSY’S ROOM 338 XXVII. BETSY RECEIVES 355 XXVIII. GOOD-BY, SUMMER 369 XXIX. THE NEW YEAR 387 CLEVER BETSY