By Elsie Singmaster KATY GAUMER. Illustrated. GETTYSBURG. Illustrated. WHEN SARAH WENT TO SCHOOL. Illustrated. WHEN SARAH SAVED THE DAY. Illustrated. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK KATY GAUMER [Illustration: (p. 334) "IT'S BEAUTIFUL UP HERE, ISN'T IT, KATY?"] KATY GAUMER BY ELSIE SINGMASTER [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY THE CENTURY COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published February 1915_ CONTENTS I. THE GREAT NEWS 1 II. THE BELSNICKEL 17 III. THE GREAT MAN 32 IV. THE KOEHLERS' CHRISTMAS DAY 49 V. ANOTHER CHRISTMAS DAY 63 VI. THE MILLERSTOWN SCHOOL 88 VII. THE BEE CURE 105 VIII. WILLIAM KOEHLER MAKES HIS ACCUSATION FOR THE LAST TIME 124 IX. CHANGE 143 X. KATY MAKES A PROMISE 153 XI. KATY FINDS A NEW AIM IN LIFE 159 XII. KATY BORROWS SO THAT SHE MAY LEND 169 XIII. EMPTINESS 192 XIV. KATY PLANS HER LIFE ONCE MORE 204 XV. AN OLD WAY OUT OF A NEW TROUBLE 219 XVI. BEVY PUTS A HEX ON ALVIN 235 XVII. ALVIN DOES PENANCE AND IS SHRIVEN 254 XVIII. A SILVER CHALICE 267 XIX. THE SQUIRE AND DAVID TAKE A JOURNEY BY NIGHT 281 XX. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS 300 XXI. THE SQUIRE AND DAVID TAKE A JOURNEY BY DAY 306 XXII. KATY IS TO BE EDUCATED AT LAST 321 NOTE.--The first two chapters were published as a short story under the title of "The Belsnickel" in the _Century Magazine_ for January, 1911. KATY GAUMER CHAPTER I THE GREAT NEWS