E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 15741-h.htm or 15741-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/5/7/4/15741/15741-h/15741-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/5/7/4/15741/15741-h.zip) THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOUSE PARTY by ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON Author of "The Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights of Kentucky," "The Story of Dago," etc. Illustrated by Louis Meynell Boston L. C. Page and Company Publishers Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. Mass., U.S.A. 1907 [Illustration] * * * * * Works of Annie Fellows Johnston The Little Colonel Series Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated The Little Colonel Stories $1.50 (Containing in one volume the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.") The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50 The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50 The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50 The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50 The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50 The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50 The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50 The above 8 vols., boxed 12.00 Illustrated Holiday Editions Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in color The Little Colonel $1.25 The Giant Scissors 1.25 Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25 The above 3 vols., boxed 3.75 Cosy Corner Series Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated The Little Colonel $.50 The Giant Scissors .50 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50 Big Brother .50 Ole Mammy's Torment .50 The Story of Dago .50 Cicely .50 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50 The Quilt that Jack Built .50 Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50 Mildred's Inheritance .50 Other Books Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .50 The Three Weavers .50 Keeping Tryst .50 Asa Holmes 1.00 Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00 * * * * * [Illustration: "MALCOLM WENT ON CUTTING." (See Chapter IX. Her Sacred Promise)] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE INVITATIONS ARE SENT II. "ONE FLEW INTO THE CUCKOO'S NEST" III. "ONE FLEW EAST" IV. "ONE FLEW WEST" V. BETTY REACHES THE "HOUSE BEAUTIFUL" VI. THE ENCHANTED NECKLACE VII. BITS FROM BETTY'S DIARY VIII. THE GYPSY FORTUNE-TELLER IX. HER SACRED PROMISE X. FOUND OUT XI. SOME STORIES AND A POEM