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Molly Elliot Seawell. Betty at Fort Blizzard
Betty at Fort Blizzard
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Anita Walked Down the Stairs and Came Face to Face with Broussard and Mrs. Lawrence … … Frontispiece
FROM PEN DRAWINGS
BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARD
CHAPTER I
"MISS BETTY" IN A NEW RÔLE
[Illustration: The black mare suddenly threw her head down and her heels up.]
[Illustration: "Miss Anita is in there with Mr. Broussard, an' he got. on his courtin' breeches, an' they's jest as quiet as a couple of. sleepin' babies."]
CHAPTER II
A PRETTY MAID AND A GAMECHICK
[Illustration: "Never mind, dear, darling daddy, I love you just the same."]
[Illustration: Broussard, lifted Gamechick by the bridle. and the next moment cleared both mare and girl.]
[Illustration: Mrs. McGillicuddy sat majestically upright in the buggy. while the Sergeant bestrode the peaceful and amiable Dot.]
CHAPTER III
THE HEART OF A MAID
CHAPTER IV
"GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART, GOOD-BYE"
[Illustration: The last glimpse Broussard had of Anita was, as she stood, her arm about Gamechick's neck.]
CHAPTER V
UNFORGETTING
CHAPTER VI
SOME LETTERS AND KETTLE'S ENLISTMENT
[Illustration: "Neither you nor your child shall suffer for the present."]
[Illustration: Kettle dropped the reins, and grasping Corporal. around the neck, hung on desperately.]
CHAPTER VII
THE PLEADING EYES OF WOMEN
[Illustration: "This was enclosed in a letter to me from Mr. Broussard," said the Colonel.]
[Illustration: "Don't call your father 'the poor old chap,'" said Mrs. Fortescue positively.]
CHAPTER VIII
LOVE, THE CONQUEROR
CHAPTER IX
THE REVEILLE
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Molly Elliot Seawell
Published by Good Press, 2019
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When the Colonel and Mrs. Fortescue and Anita were sitting at the softly-shaded round table in the dining-room, Anita's chair was close to her father's—the two were never far apart when they could be close together. Mrs. Fortescue wore around her white throat a locket with a miniature in it of her boy soldier. He was to her what Anita was to the Colonel, but being a stout-hearted woman she had sent her son away to be a soldier and had worn a smile at parting. There was a strain of the Spartan mother in this smiling daughter, wife, and mother of soldiers.
"Did you have a pleasant visit from Mr. Broussard?" asked Colonel Fortescue.
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