[Illustration: "'Nothing ever tasted so good to me in my life'"] _ELIZABETH, HER BOOKS_ ELIZABETH HER FOLKS BY BARBARA KAY [Illustration] _ILLUSTRATED BY THE DONALDSONS_ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. JOHN'S GIRL 3 II. THE STEPPE CHILDREN 16 III. THE LITTLE ROOM--AND PEGGY 28 IV. THE BIRTHDAY 44 V. NINETY-NINE NEGROES 58 VI. THE BEAN SUPPER 71 VII. THE LOCKED CLOSET 87 VIII. LETTERS AND THE POST OFFICE 102 IX. HUCKLEBERRIES AND NEW FRIENDS 117 X. PROVINCETOWN AND A WALK IN THE WOODS 134 XI. LITTLE EVA 147 XII. BUDDY WANTS TO KNOW 164 XIII. CRABBING 180 XIV. ELIZABETH IS RUDE 192 XV. PICKING CHICKENS 207 XVI. MOTHER 220 XVII. ELIZABETH IS SCARED 234 XVIII. ELIZABETH SHAKES HANDS 249 XIX. RUTH 265 XX. GOOD-BYE 278 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "'Nothing ever tasted so good to me in my life'" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "'Do open it. I can hardly wait to see what you think of it.'" 50 "'Oh! let's try them on'" 98 "'I can't help being afraid of what's in this particular letter'" 202 ELIZABETH, HER FOLKS ELIZABETH, HER FOLKS