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Lady Betty Across the Water By: Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) |
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[Illustration: " I found myself chatting away with those cadets as
if I had grown up with them "]
LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER Edited by C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON Authors of My Friend the Chauffeur Illustrations by Orson Lowell [Illustration] New York
McClure, Phillips & Co.
MCMVI Copyright, 1906, by
McClure, Phillips & Co. Published, May, 1906
Second Impression Copyright, 1905, 1906, by The Curtis Publishing Company
To
the people of that great, delightful, and hospitable
land which gave Lady Betty the time of her life
and inspiration, this story of her visit is admiringly
Dedicated by Betty Bulkeley
and C. N. and A. M. Williamson
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE I. ABOUT BEING BANISHED 3 II. ABOUT CROSSING THE WATER 20 III. ABOUT NEW YORK 50 IV. ABOUT SHOPPING AND MEN 83 V. ABOUT WEST POINT AND PROPOSALS 101 VI. ABOUT THE PARK AND LOVE STORIES 118 VII. ABOUT SKY SCRAPERS AND BEAUTIFUL LADIES 133 VIII. ABOUT NEWPORT AND GORGEOUSNESS 141 IX. ABOUT BATHING, A DRESS, AND AN EARL 156 X. ABOUT A VIOLET TEA AND A MILLIONAIRE 170 XI. ABOUT A GREAT AFFAIR 180 XII. ABOUT A WEDDING AND A DISASTER 200 XIII. ABOUT RUNNING AWAY 211 XIV. ABOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED AND CHICAGO 223 XV. ABOUT SEEING CHICAGO 227 XVI. ABOUT THE VALLEY FARM 238 XVII. ABOUT COWS AND NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS 253 XVIII. ABOUT SOME COUNTRY FOLK, AND WALKER'S EMPORIUM 272 XIX. ABOUT GETTING ENGAGED 289 XX. ABOUT JIM AND THE DUKE 297
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"I found myself chatting away with those cadets as if I had
grown up with them" Frontispiece FACING
PAGE "He turned around quickly, glanced up and caught my eyes,
as I was looking down, quite distressed" 34 "When I turned to speak to him he was gone ... and I
was immediately surrounded by other men asking me for
dances" 196 "I swept past him with my nose in the air, trying to
look like mother" 206 "Mr. Trowbridge took me to the beehives to get some
honey and show me what a queen bee is like" 258 "Jim smiled and kept his seat without the least apparent
effort" 302
LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER
I ABOUT BEING BANISHED
I don't know yet whether I'm pleased or not, but I do know that I'm
excited more excited than I've ever been in my life, except perhaps
when Miss Mackinstry, my last governess, had hysterics in the
schoolroom and fainted among the tea things. I suppose I shan't be able to decide about the state of my feelings
until I've had more of them on the same subject, or until I've written
down in this book of mine everything exactly as it's happened. I like
doing that; it makes things seem so clear when you try to review them
afterwards. The excitement began at breakfast by Mother having a letter that she
liked. I knew she liked it by the way her eyes lighted up, as if they
had been lamps and the letter a match... Continue reading book >>
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