UNDERSTOOD BETSY
BY DOROTHY CANFIELD
Author of “The Bent Twig,” etc.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ADA C. WILLIAMSON
CONTENTS
| I | Aunt Harriet Has a Cough |
| II | Betsy Holds the Reins |
| III | A Short Morning |
| IV | Betsy Goes to School |
| V | What Grade is Betsy? |
| VI | If You Don’t Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter! |
| VII | Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination |
| VIII | Betsy Starts a Sewing Society |
| IX | The New Clothes Fail |
| X | Betsy Has a Birthday |
| XI | “Understood Aunt Frances” |
ILLUSTRATIONS
- Uncle Henry looked at her, eyeing her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass Frontispiece
- Elizabeth Ann stood up before the doctor.
- “Do you know,” said Aunt Abigail, “I thinkit’s going to be real nice, having a little girl in the house again”
- She had greatly enjoyed doing her own hair.
- “Oh, he’s asking for more!” cried Elizabeth Ann
- Betsy shut her teeth together hard, and started across
- “What’s the matter, Molly? What’s the matter?”
- Betsy and Ellen and the old doll
- He had fallen asleep with his head on his arms
- Never were dishes washed better!
- Betsy was staring down at her shoes, biting her lips and winking her eyes
CHAPTER I
AUNT HARRIET HAS A COUGH
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